The long natural gas pipeline leads to the distance, and there are managers and workers in work clothes who are busy, Professor Amis showed his ID, took Zhou Sen to change into work clothes, and entered the base to visit.

"This is the China-Central Asia natural gas pipeline, and it's really remarkable to talk about this natural gas pipeline, which starts from the border between Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan on the right bank of the Amu Darya River, passes through central Uzbekistan and southern Kazakhstan, and enters China from Khorgos, becoming the 'second line of west-to-east gas transmission'. ”

"The total length of the pipeline is about 10,000 kilometers, of which 188 kilometers are in Turkmenistan, 530 kilometers in Uzbekistan, 1,300 kilometers in Kazakhstan, and the remaining about 8,000 kilometers are in China. ”

"After Turkmenistan's natural gas enters China through this pipeline, it is connected to the second west-to-east gas transmission line built at the same time, with a total length of more than 10,000 kilometers, which is the longest natural gas artery in the world so far. ”

"This is a very big project that requires the cooperation and cooperation of many countries in Central Asia. ”

"After the project is fully completed, it is expected to steadily deliver about 30 billion cubic meters of natural gas from Central Asia to China every year during the 30-year operation period, which is very stable and for long-term development. ”

"Turkmenistan proposes to develop a diversified economy, with export and domestic demand as the guide, priority development of oil and gas development, natural gas chemical industry, electric power, textiles, food processing and other industries, the establishment of emerging industries, improve the investment environment, and promote the development of private economy, previously Turkmenistan natural gas exports to Russia, with the completion of the Turkmenistan-China, Turkmenistan-Iran gas pipeline in 2009, Turkmenistan has achieved diversification of energy exports. ”

"That is to say, Turkmenistan's energy exports are not only exported to Russia, but also to China and Iran, but for Turkmenistan, China is still the most reliable and promising natural gas export market in Turkmenistan, China and Turkmenistan should continue to increase cooperation in the field of natural gas, accelerate the implementation of cooperation projects, and increase natural gas imports from Turkmenistan. ”

"Mr. Zhou, the Central Asian natural gas pipeline you see now is the main pipeline that transports natural gas from our Turkmenistan to China, and we in Turkmenistan attach great importance to this project, and have invested a lot of manpower and material resources to build this pipeline, and have also received the support of other Central Asian countries, and China's strong support, the construction of the China-Central Asia natural gas pipeline will be able to stably transport natural gas from the five Central Asian countries to China. ”

"China's imports have increased significantly, China imports not only natural gas from Russia, but also from our Turkmenistan, long-term cooperation with us, the two sides signed contracts, is a friendly and cooperative partner. ”

Zhou Sen nodded, "I also heard from Dean Zhang that the first stop of this pipeline in China is Khorgos in Xinjiang, passing through Xinjiang, Hubei, Zhejiang and other provinces, reaching Shanghai in the east, Guangzhou in the south, and finally in Hong Kong, providing more clean and efficient natural gas resources for China's economic and social development and people's lives." ”

"There are also in Kazakhstan, including the Kazakh-Ukrainian border-Shymkent section of the route accompanying the Ghazri-Shymkent gas pipeline, which crosses the Syr Darya River along the way, passing through the town of Sastobe and Barekosh to Shymkent; The Khorgos pipeline is laid eastward from Uznagazi, Almaty, passing through Berlik, Barnok, Aksh, Chilik, near Rennes, crossing the Ili River, passing through the town of Panfilov and reaching the port of Khorgos. ”

"In Uzbekistan, the terrain is high in the east and low in the west, and the pipeline is dominated by plains and desert landforms, the terrain is not very undulating, and some sections are hilly, so it is more difficult for them to lay natural gas pipelines. ”

Professor Amis looked at the endless extension of the natural gas pipeline, and sighed: "This is really a great project, in order to build this pipeline, Central Asian countries have invested a lot of manpower and material resources, here I am particularly optimistic about the prospects of cooperation between China and Turkey, the strategic significance of China-Turkey energy cooperation, on the basis of mutual respect, equality and mutual benefit, complementary advantages, the energy cooperation between the two countries will achieve new results." ”

"Each transit section is the largest investment project, which will provide thousands of jobs for countries along the route and generate billions of dollars in tax revenue for transit countries during the 30-year operation period, which is a remarkable project that will be recorded in the history of economic development of countries along the route. ”

"In order to actively promote the diversification of energy exports, the construction of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India gas pipeline has begun, and Turkmenistan is also actively promoting the construction of a gas pipeline to supply gas to Europe. ”

After visiting the China-Central Asia gas pipeline, Professor Amiss took Zhou Sen to visit Turkmenistan's achievements in transportation.

Zhou Sen asked: "Professor Amis, I heard that Turkmenistan's railway network has been established, and the transportation is still very convenient?"

"Yes, Turkmenistan has done a lot of work and created conditions for increasing the capacity of future transport in various spheres of transport. ”

"We all know that if you want to develop the economy, you must first carry out transportation construction, build roads, build railways, build airports, these are large-scale infrastructure projects, must be done first, if the transportation is not convenient, it will affect the speed of trade and transportation of goods. ”

"Railway transport is the main mode of transport in Turkmenistan, Turkmenistan has realized the modernization of domestic railways, engineering facilities, and completed the construction of the domestic part of the railway from Turkmenistan through Afghanistan to Tajikistan and the construction of railway bridges across the Amu Darya River and connecting Turkmenabad and Fallap, Turkmenistan's domestic railway layout has basically formed a railway network that runs through the east and west, connecting the north and the south, and has become a Central Asian country with convenient transportation conditions. ”

"For this, I am still full of confidence, Mr. Zhou has also interviewed other countries in Central Asia, they are not as good as us in some places, mainly the terrain, especially the place where the mountains are encountered, because the terrain is uneven, the trouble encountered in building the railway is the obstacle of the mountains, you China has the story of Yugong moving mountains, but in reality it is not easy to open the mountains to build the railway, it takes a lot of manpower, In some cases, it takes several years to build, so it is also important to have flat terrain, and flat places are easier to build. ”

Zhou Sen nodded, followed Professor Amis to visit the railway in Turkmenistan, and also talked with the local workers who built the railway, and did an interview, after completing the task, he resigned to Professor Amis, ready to go to the next country.

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