eNorth from Hong Kong: During "2001 Tianjin Week in Hong Kong, Vice Mayor of Tianjin Wang Shuzu respectively expressed in "Tianjin & Hong Kong Tourism Cooperation Conferece and "Modern Logistics Conference" that Tianjin will invest RMB1.6 billion in the innovation of the railways between Tianjin and Beijing. This action not only plays an important role in combining the tourism resources of Tianjin and Beijing, but also actively promotes the development of Tianjin's modern logistics.

In "Tianjin & Hong Kong Tourism Cooperation Conference", Wang Shuzu said the content of this project is to widen the existing railway between Tianjin and Beijing from 3-track to 4-track and to build a batch of bridges along the railways. The project is planned to strat within this year. The mutural-complementary of Tianjin and Beijing's tourism resources determines the inter-activeness of the visitor-flow in the two cities. This project is another "belt" project following the reforming-and-merging project of the airports in the two cities. The implementary of the project will play an important role in improving the situation of railway communication between Tianjin and Beijing and promoting the combining of the tourism resources of the two cities.

Wang Shuzu said in "Modern Logistics Conference" that after the construction of the 4th line of Tianjin-Beijing railway is finished, passengers and goods will be transported on seperate lines. The top speed of a train will reach 210km/hour, which can not only raise the ability of goods-transportation, but also shorten the distance between Tianjin and Beijing by opening up the trans-city trains which can reach the destination within one hour in high density and high speed.

(Journalists: Zhang Huijun, Wang Wei)