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The Characteristics and National Strategy of Highways Construction in Northeast China : focused on socio-economical networks of city(municipal)-province(local)-national level

  • 중앙사론
  • 2014, (40), pp.363-397
  • Publisher : Institute for Historical Studies at Chung-Ang University
  • Research Area : Humanities > History

Kim, Songjuk 1

1인천대학교

Accredited

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this research is to analyze the characteristics and national strategy of highway construction in Northeast China. Based on 2003 China's Northeast Project, and 2005 National Highway Network Plan, Northeast China(Liaoning·Jilin·Heilongjian provinces & Inner Mongolian Antonomous Region) has been extended 21 highways planning to complete til 2020. As a result of spatial analysis of ‘point-line-facet network’, it has been carried out the following features of national strategy. First, at city(municipal) level the role of 20 intersectional cities has been magnified. Second, all intersectional cities except Shuangliao(small sized city) are categorized as medium-sized cities, which allow the designated areas to be developed into future metropolitan for the balanced national development. Third, capital city of the 3 Northeast Provinces of China (named Shenyang, Changchun, Harbin), has been played a pivot role in transportation throughout history, which conforms the geographical features of the local areas. Fourth, the infrastructure development of Northeast area of China in the intersectional cities has been made a strategic pair with Shenyang special economic zone, Tumen River Area Development Plan & Changchun-Jilin-Tumen, Harbin-Daqing-Qiqihaer Industrial zone etc. Futhermore at province(local) level highway construction has been focused in Jilin province and Inner Mongolian Antonomous Region, which aims to disperse and balance the previously concentrated economic activities in Liaoning province. Also, the intersectional cities are exposed not only to the infrastructure plan, but also to the local balance development plan. Moreover, the highway construction has reinforced the relation between the central and the local, prompting the economic efficiency and development in national resource industry in Northeast Area. At national level, the 9 highways are expected to perform as a core of traffic route in Northeast Asia and Eurasia, along with the three bordering states, North Korea, Russia, and Mongolia. As the seven bordering cities of Northeast China have been under national development strategies(GTI: Greater Tumen Initiative Hunchun special economic zone), they has been acting as a economic port for international trading, which will facilitated the national resource transportation from the bordering states. Last but not least, 5 highways has been constructed in bordering area with North Korea although it possesses the shortest dimension of margins, which aims to promote socio-political stability of Ethnic minority groups like Yenbian Chaoxianzhu Antonomous Region, and extend its influence on Korean peninsula. As a result, the infrastructure construction in Northeast area has been implicating not only the physical transportation plan, but also grand national strategy of central government based on geographical reckoning of internal and external factors. Hence it will secure the future developmental motivation, facilitate the stability between industry and agriculture, and lay out new international order of Northeast Asia and Eurasia.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.