Taizhou city's transport system expands vigorously

Taizhou city in East China's Jiangsu province – located in the Yangtze River Economic Belt – is one of the 27 central cities included in the "Plan on the Integrated Development of the Yangtze River Delta" and its transportation system is expanding vigorously.

Situated at the intersection of the national channel along the Yangtze River and the province-level south-north axis channel, Taizhou is a hub city for the interactive development of the Yangtze River region in Jiangsu province.

Expressways – including the Shanghai-Shaanxi, Qidong-Yangzhou, Yancheng-Jingjiang, Taizhou-Zhenjiang and Xinghua-Taizhou expressways – crisscross the entire metropolis. In addition, the Jiangyin Yangtze River Bridge and the Taizhou Yangtze River Bridge stretch across the river and the Changzhou-Taizhou Yangtze River Bridge and the second river-crossing Jiangyin tunnel will start operating by 2025.

As Taizhou has been listed as a national high-speed railway trunk network, the Beiyanjiang high-speed railway along the northern banks of Yangtze River, the sub-line from Beiling to Shanghai and the coastal sub-line are set to converge in Taizhou.

At that time, it will take only one hour to travel by rail from Taizhou to Shanghai and four hours to go from Taizhou to Beijing. With the Xinyi-Changxing and Nanjing-Qidong railways running through Taizhou, several lines starting from Taizhou can reach more than 100 major cities in the country.

A plane takes off from Yangzhou Taizhou International Airport [Photo provided to etaizhou.gov.cn]

Yangzhou Taizhou International Airport is only a 20-minute drive from downtown Taizhou. The airport has launched international flights to many popular destinations around the world, such as flights to Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and other countries.

At home, there are also flights to Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, as well as flights to Beijing, Tianjin, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Harbin, Dalian, Changsha, Xi'an, Xiamen and Kunming, among others.

Taizhou Port has two national first-class open ports which accommodate vessels up to 100,000-200,000 metric tons – supporting the industrial agglomeration along the river. They are involved in the petrochemical sector, as well as electric power, shipbuilding, grain and oil, steel, heavy equipment, automobiles and timber processing – serving the transshipment of coal, metal ore, mining and construction materials and other materials in the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River.

The port now has 190 operational berths – 71 of which can handle vessels above 10,000 tons and 27 can handle vessels above 50,000 tons – with an annual throughput of 170 million tons, ranking it 11th in the country. In this regard, it holds a paramount position in terms of the opening up of the economy along the river in Jiangsu province.

A glorious sunset takes place at Taizhou Port. [Photo/IC]