After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, China began to implement its first five-year plan in 1952, and in these five years (1952-1957), China made a major breakthrough in railway construction, contributing to the country's construction.
Now let's take a look at the first five-year plan, what specific achievements have been made in China's railway construction?
1.From the completion of the first railway in New China, the Chengdu-Chongqing Railway, in 1952, to the completion of the first five-year construction plan in 1957, 6,100 kilometers of railway trunk and branch lines were completed in New China.
2.By the end of 1957, the first five-year plan had added more than 18 percent of the country's total railway operating mileage.
3.The three major railway trunk lines of Chongqing (Chengdu-Chongqing), Baocheng (Baoji-Chengdu) and Lanxin (Gansu section) have been newly built to strengthen the connection between the northwest and southwest and the whole country.
4.The new railways of Lizhan (Litang-Zhanjiang), Lanyan (Lancun-Yantai), Yingxia (Yingtan-Xiamen), and Xiaochuan (Xiaoshan-Chuanshan) will be built to change the situation that important coastal defense towns and maritime ports cannot communicate with the mainland by rail.
5.The new Jier (Jining-Erenhot) Railway and the Xianggui Railway (Laimu Section) will create favorable conditions for strengthening international exchanges between China and Mongolia and China and Vietnam.
This was the first five-year plan, and the brilliant achievements made in China's railway construction greatly improved the current situation of China's railways at that time.