双语：《中国交通运输发展》白皮书

　　新中国成立之初，交通运输面貌十分落后。全国铁路总里程仅2.18万公里，有一半处于瘫痪状态。

　　When the PRC was founded in 1949, transport was underdeveloped. Total railway length was only 21,800 km, half of which was paralyzed.

　　能通车的公路仅8.08万公里，民用汽车5.1万辆。内河航道处于自然状态。民航航线只有12条。邮政服务网点较少。主要运输工具还是畜力车和木帆船等。

　　Highway traffic length was only 80,800 km, and civil automobiles numbered only 51,000. Inland waterways were undeveloped, and only 12 civil air routes were operative. Postal outlets were limited. The major means of transport were animal-drawn vehicles and primitive boats.

　　新中国成立以来，特别是改革开放以来，交通运输面貌发生了历史性变化，为经济社会发展、人民群众安全便捷出行作出了重要贡献。

　　Since the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in 1949, and especially since the introduction of the reform and opening-up policy in 1978, China’s transport has undergone historic changes, making significant contributions to the country’s social and economic development, and the people’s safe and convenient travel.

　　截至2015年年底，全国铁路营业总里程达12.1万公里，规模居世界第二;其中高速铁路1.9万公里，位居世界第一。以高速铁路为骨架、以城际铁路为补充的快速客运网络初步建成。

　　A multi-level railway network has been formed. By the end of 2015, China’s total railway operation length reached 121,000 km, ranking the world’s second, including 19,000-km high-speed railway, ranking the world’s first. An express passenger transport network with high-speed railway as framework and supplemented by intercity railway has been built.

　　全国铁路复线率和电气化率分别达到53.5%和61.8%。横跨东西、纵贯南北的大能力通道逐步形成，物流设施同步完善，逐步实现了货物运输直达化、快捷化、重载化。

　　The proportion of double-line railway in China was 53.5 percent, and the proportion of electric railway 61.8 percent. China has formed east-west and north-south railway passageways with great transport capacity, improved logistics infrastructure, and realized nonstop, speedy, and heavy-haul freight transport.

　　中国是世界贸易大国，交通运输加快发展为中国加快构建全方位开放新格局、提升国家竞争力提供了重要保障。

　　China is a major trading nation, and the quickened development of its transport provides a strong basis for building a new multi-dimensional structure of opening up and for enhancing China’s competitiveness internationally.