ECONOMIC; TRANSPORTATION, HIGHWAYS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000700140280-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: R
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 9, 2011
• Sequence Number: 280
• Publication Date: October 28, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY China
SUBJECT Economic; Transportation, highways
HOW
PUBLISHED Daily newspapers
WHERE
PUBLISHED Peiping, Tientsin
DATE
PUBLISHED 8 - 15 Aug 1953
LANGUAGE Chinese
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
CONSTRUCTION AItD OPERATION OF ftIGHWAYS IN SOUTHWEST CHINA
~ummary: At the end of June 1;53, in the Southwest maJor Admin-
istrative area, there were 16,500 kilometers of motor roads in use.
Tonnages transported over these roads in early 1953 were more than
80 percent greater than in the corresponding period in 1952. Four-
teen branch highways, totaling over 1,000 kilometers, are in process
oP construction or of reconditioning; and additional highway routes
are being surveyed.
On the Tsinghai-Tibet .notor road, a temporary wooden bridge
across the Yellow H:rer at ifu~ine-ho-yen was finished lb July 1953,
and work is now in progress on n 98-kilometer section south of ftuang-
ho-yen. Construction work on the Sikang-Tibet highway is in progress
from Lhasa eastward toward T'ai-chao, ae well as westxard from Ch'ang-
tu_]
TRANSPORT FACILITIES OF SOUTHWEST HIGHWAYS -- Peiping Ten-min Jih-pao, 15 pug 53
Peiping (Hsln-hua) -- Progress on the construction of and operation of trans-
port facilities on the highways cf the Southwest is noteworthy on the Sikanf-
Tibet road, the Yunnan-Kweichow road, and the Northwest Szechwan road. In
addition. 14 branch roods, totaling over 1,000 kilometers and distributed
througitcut the region, are being newly constructed or reconditioned. pt the
end of June 1y53, there ,:ere in operation in the Southwest more than 16,500
kilometers of motor roads. Surveying is in progress for more than 1,000 kilo-
meters of new roads. The Ssu-nan -- Tung-,Jan road in Kweichow will conneot the
Wu Chiang area with the Szechwsn-Y.weichow highway, and facilitate the export of
foodstuffs formerly without good means of transport. There are also the 'ia-
ting -- P'u-ting highway and the Hui-shui,~,. ~ ~ormerly Ting-fan]_. Lo-tien
highway which cross sparsely populated areas, bringing in salt and manufacturer
goods.
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Completion of a number of roads in Szechwan will expedite meeting the traus-
portation needs of prospectors and developers of natural resources of the pro-
vince.
For the whole Southxest Region, in 1953, the average monthly tonnage trans-
ported during the period January - April was 82.21 percent greater than the
monthly average for 1952. For May and June 1953, the tonnage averaged more than
10 percent greater than in the first 3 months of the year. Apart from the move-
ment outward of cereals and other native products which showed some increase,
most of the increase was due to the transportation inward of materials and mechan-
ical equipment for basic construction and daily necessities. For example, a
large part of the basic construction materials and equipment bound for Yunnan,
moved through Kweichow and the average monthly tonnage transported on the high-
ways of Kweichow January - April 1953 was more than double the :'igure for the
corresponding period in 1952?
Concerning the Tsinghai-Tibet highway,, work in 1953 is on the section
from Huang-ho-yen to Ch'a-la-ping, the point where the highway is to cross the
sucmnit of the Pa-yen-k.'a-la Shan range. At this point the elevation of 4,950
meters. Since starting work in May and up to the present, 130,000 cubic meters
oi' earth and stone worl: have been accomplished. It is expected that the work
goal for 1853 will be attained before the end of September. Bridges have to be
built across the Yellow River at Huang-ho-yen and across the Ta-hei Ho. A tempo-
rary wooden bridge across the Yellow,~verlias already been built to permit sup-
plies to be moved to work sites south of the river.
YELLOW RNER BRIDGE FOR TSINGHAI 'TIBET HIGHWAY COMPLETED -- Tientsin, Ta Kung
Pao, i2 Aug 53
(Hsin-hua) -- The temporary wood bridge at Huang-ho-yen on the Tsinghai - -
Tibet motor rc^d 4;as ?inished 16 July 1953, thus permitting trucks loaded with
supplies and materials to cross the Yellow River en route to work sites in the
vicinity of the Ta-hei f!o and the Pa-yen-k'a-la Shan. The summit of the latter
is y8 kilometers from Huang-ho-yen, and at an elevation of 4,398 meters above
sea level. The length of the bridge at Huc:ng-he-yen is 110 meters, and '_ts
width 5 me?ers.
WORK ON SIk +NG-TIBL'I' HIGH4IAY PROCEEDING FROM LHASA END -- Tientsin, Ta Kung
Pao, 8 Aug 53
Lhass (Hsin-hua) -- Prepsration cf the roadbed of the Si}Tung-Tibet motor
road is being pushed eastward from Lhasa toward T'ai-chao, us well as westward
from Chang-tu. The high elevation west of Ch'anq-tu has been passed, construc-
tion is approaching Tang-ku-la Shun, after .hick u region of dense forest will
be reached. Health stations have been established at u number of points to care
for cases of illness and accidents, and movnbl_ supply stores or canteens on
trucks sell at cost a variety of small articles to the laborers along the road.
If the earthworl: required for the construction of this highway were to be put
into a dike one squsre meter in cross section, the dike would extend from Muk-
den to Lhasa.
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