Overlooking the Shi-Yu Expressway, a Shanghai-Chongqing passage "traveling with the Yangtze River". Xinhuanet Yan Junyu photo
Xinhuanet Chongqing, May 10 (Wang Longbo) Starting from the main city of Chongqing and passing through Fuling to Shizhu, Chongqing people call it "Yanjiang Expressway". As an important part of the G50 Shanghai-Chongqing Grand Passage, many sections of this expressway are close to the Yangtze River and "accompany" eastward.
Not far from Chongqing city, this expressway enters Fuling, the hometown of mustard tuber. Driving on the Linshi Bridge, you can have a panoramic view of the wide river. The leading port in the distance witnessed the busyness of the "Golden Waterway".
Shi-Yu Expressway is one of the fastest expressways from Fuling to Chongqing. It was through the expressway that the boxes of pickled mustard tuber left their "hometown" and arrived all over the country.
After more than 100 years of development, a small dish of mustard tuber has become a big industry that drives Fuling people out of poverty and become rich. According to statistics, the total output value of Fuling mustard tuber industry has reached 12 billion yuan in 2020, and the per capita net income of farmers has reached more than 2,200 yuan.
Go east after Fuling, and you will arrive at Shizhu. Shizhu Tujia Autonomous County, which is located in the concentrated contiguous poverty-stricken area of Wuling Mountain, is the birthplace of the folk song "The Sun Comes Out with Happiness". There are specialties such as Coptis chinensis, water shield and pepper in the territory, as well as summer resorts such as Huangshui National Forest Park. Every summer, hundreds of thousands of self-driving tourists go to Shizhu to spend the summer, which makes many local Tujia people eat the tourist meals brought by the "summer economy".
"In the seven years since it was opened to traffic, the traffic volume of this poverty alleviation channel has increased by more than three times, and the driving effect on the areas along the line has become increasingly apparent." Li Ping, Party Secretary of Chongqing Huyu Expressway Co., Ltd. said.
This expressway "accompanying" the Yangtze River is destined to be a green passage. Wubuhe River is a first-class water source protection area in Chongqing. The pier of Wubuhe Bridge in the river was specially cancelled during the construction of Shiyu Expressway, which increased the cost by 50 million yuan, but protected the water quality to the greatest extent.
Fuling West, the only A-class central service area in Fuling, used reclaimed water reuse system to turn domestic sewage into reclaimed water in the design and construction process, which greatly reduced the sewage discharge and operating cost of the service area. Now, the service area has achieved a leap from service area to commercial district, from stopping point to tourist attractions, from gas station to leisure station.
Overlooking the Shanghai-Chongqing Expressway. Xinhuanet Yan Junyu photo
Overlooking the Shanghai-Chongqing Expressway. Xinhuanet Yan Junyu photo
Overlooking the service area of Fuling West of Shiyu Expressway in Shanghai-Chongqing Passage. Xinhuanet Yan Junyu photo
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