Hangzhou has recently introduced the green wave band where vehicles driven at specific speed on designated traffic routes will hit green light at every crossing, thus realizing non-stop travel via signal light control.

Though the green wave band enables the speedier and more efficient transportation, it is subjected to limited conditions of Hangzhou. Signal light control is applicable only under ideal vehicle speed and pedestrian flow and is subjected to the impact of such factors as pedestrians crossing streets and buses entering and leaving the bus station in the actual situation.

Now, green wave bands are seen throughout Hangzhou, and most are short-distance green wave bands in the space of 3-5 crossings, to enhance travel efficiency while guaranteeing safety. Hangzhou has provided multiple green wave band schemes at different time intervals and in different directions to effectively relieve traffic pressure in rush hours.

The Nantong-Suzhou-Jiaxing-Ningbo high-speed railway has been signed into effect and will start construction this year.

The trains will be able to run at speeds of up to 350km/h on the 310-kilometer-long railway, which will not go through Hangzhou but is connected to the Shanghai-Hangzhou high-speed railway via a special line, cutting the travel time from Hangzhou to Suzhou to less than an hour.

Hangzhou Rural Builder Skill Competition 2022 was held in Liangzhu Sub-district of Yuhang District on August 25-26. The builders had to complete wall building and put up steel pipe scaffolding contests precisely within the allowable error of 1 millimeter on the site during the specified period of time.

Despite the demanding requirement and difficulty, some builders managed to complete the task precisely and skillfully, mainly due to their rigorous self-requirement at usual time. While grading builders’ results in scaffolding setup, the judges meticulously judged the works completed by the competitors in exact 20 minutes to ensure technological safety.

Rural builders have been the main force of rural construction. The two-day competition aimed to build a professional team of rural builders, encourage them to improve and share skills and accelerate the progress of rural revitalization.

Recently, the Provincial Beautiful Zhejiang Leading Group Office has issued the “Zhejiang Province-wide “Waste-Free City” Construction Plan (2022-2025)”. According to the plan, by 2025, all districted cities and 60% of the counties (cities, districts) will pass the assessment of a “waste-free city” in the whole region, and the construction of a global “waste-free city” will be at the forefront of the country.

The Plan takes waste reduction, recycling and harmless treatment as the main goals, and aims to enhance the ability of solid waste source treatment, comprehensive utilization and safe disposal. For example, in the field of general industrial solid waste, the province plans to achieve negative growth in production intensity by 2025, and at the same time build more than one national comprehensive utilization base of bulk solid waste. In the field of domestic waste and construction waste, the province aims to achieve zero growth of waste packaging in the logistics industry. The comprehensive utilization rate of construction waste will reach 90%, and solid waste dumps such as domestic waste landfills and stock construction waste dumps will be treated for safety.

In order to avoid secondary pollution, the solid waste collection and transportation system is very important. Next, the hazardous waste collection and transportation system in our province will cover all small and micro enterprises. The collection and transportation of general industrial solid waste, domestic waste and renewable resources will realize the “three networks integration”, and the unified collection and transportation system will cover all counties (cities, districts).

On the basis of the national plan, the Provincial Plan adds a number of indicators of Zhejiang characteristics. Especially in terms of digital reform, as the only pilot province for the digital reform of “Waste-Free Cities” in China, Zhejiang iterates the “Waste-Free City Online” application, deepens the research and application of “Waste-Free Index”, and provides experience for the modernization of the national solid waste governance capacity and governance system.

“Waste-free city” is an urban development model that continuously promotes the reduction and utilization of solid waste sources, minimizes the amount of landfill, and reduces environmental impact.

At the beginning of 2020, our province took the lead in the whole country in developing a “no-waste city”. In April this year, all districted cities were added into the list of “no-waste cities” during the national “14th Five-Year Plan” period.

From the 22nd to the 23rd, Governor Wang Hao came to Fenghua District and Ninghai County of Ningbo City to visit enterprises and investigate the stable growth and major industrial projects. He emphasized that to focus on projects and investment is to focus on development and the future. All local governments and departments must fully implement the important instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping on “epidemic prevention, economic stabilization, and safe production”, and the spirit of the government meeting on economic situation, to resolutely shoulder the responsibilities and promote steady economic progress and quality. He urged them to further stimulate the spirit of entrepreneurship in the new era, understand the difficulties and needs of enterprises, increase the efforts to help enterprises, and continuously enhance the driving force, vitality and innovation of economic development.

Wang Hao visited many manufacturing enterprises for investigation such as Ruiling New Energy Technology, AirTAC Automation Industry, Microwell Mobile Phone, Oriental Risheng New Energy, Ninghai No.1 Injection Mold, and Founder Auto Mould. Whenever he came to a company, he would inquire about this year’s production and operation, especially in recent months, the specific difficulties they have encountered, and the implementation of favorable policies for enterprises. Some companies told him that in spite of the current difficulties, the companies are united, and by fighting for technology, quality, service, and delivery time in the fierce market competition, they have obtained orders and increased corporate revenue. Other companies said that although exchange rate fluctuations have an impact on the export market, they will further increase their research and development efforts to occupy a more favorable position in the market.

Wang Hao was very pleased to see the enterprise employees highly motivated. He said that in the face of difficulties, enterprises must have an indomitable spirit, put technological innovation in a prominent position, and promote enterprise transformation and upgrading with high-quality investment and project construction, so as to win development through hard work. Wang Hao pointed out that, while enterprises create wealth, the government creates the favorable environment for development. We must attach great importance to the impact of domestic and foreign environmental changes on the enterprise, he said. With a clear head and the awareness of urgency, we must be fully prepared for the future. Government departments should further improve the quality of policy implementation, help enterprises solve practical problems such as energy security, logistics security, financing cost reduction, etc., and take new measures to promote production expansion and improve efficiency.

During his investigation, Wang Hao emphasized that, as this is the year of the 20th CPC National Congress, it is very important to maintain a stable and healthy economic environment. We must focus on the construction of major projects, focus on key areas in light of local conditions, and make good use of special bonds and policy and development financial instruments. We must strengthen the tracking and scheduling of key industries, key enterprises and major projects, and implement more precise and refined policies, to vigorously promote the recovery of the industry. At the same time, we must strictly prevent and control the epidemic, build a solid line of defense against “foreign importation”, and provide guarantees for stable economic progress and quality improvement.

Peng Jiaxue and Tang Feifan participated in the survey respectively.