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The construction of metro is very important to develop the modernization level of Suzhou city. Yesterday deputy manager of Guangzhou Metro Company and chief engineer - Mr. Chen Shaozhang was invited to Suzhou to introduce the circumstances of Guangzhou metro. In order to learn the new conceptions and new ideas from other cities, Suzhou CPC Secretary Mr. Wang Rong, Mayor Mr. Yan Li and other officials listened to Mr. Chen's report. Suzhou has started metro researching and layout work from 1996. After extractive plan and argumentations, the preparative work is almost finished, and the first draft of Metro Line 1 is finished. Development and Reform Commission of China has approved formally the Metro Project of Suzhou on February 5th. Metro Line 1 will start construction in October this year. More and more cities are planning construct metro lines recent years. The first 15 cities have planned to build 6000 km metro lines, and the metro lines will reach 9000 km if adding the second 16 cities. As the Suzhou metro is building soon, to learn the conceptions and experiences from other cities is very important. In the report meeting, Mr. Chen Shaozhang passed an important point of view that is "The earlier starting the construction, the better will it be to city traffic." he said, "as all the conditions is OK, it will be better to start the construction as early as possible." No matter considering the usage of underground space resource, the improvement of residents' traffic manner and the strategy of city development, the metro should be built as early as possible. Mr. Chen introduced the instances and details of Guangzhou metro's construction, management and mechanism system. He also gave many practical advices to Suzhou metro constructions. Suzhou mayor Mr. Yan Li said, "The level of public transportation is a symbol of city function and development. To develop the metro system is a trend of modern traffic and a success experience of many cities in the world. As a low energy consuming, low pollution, low ground occupation traffic manner, metro is a 'green traffic method'. Suzhou is a famous tourism city with long history and culture, it's more urgent to construct metro lines and develop a modernized public transportation system." Source: http://www.suzhou.gov.cn
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