China's Highways - Central Document No. 1 of 2026: Promote the renovation of old rural roads, widen excessively narrow roads, and upgrade substandard road sections.

On February 3, the 2026 Central Document No. 1, "Opinions of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on Anchoring Agricultural and Rural Modernization and Solidly Promoting the Comprehensive Revitalization of Rural Areas," was released. The document points out the need to promote the renovation of old rural roads, widen excessively narrow roads, and upgrade substandard sections, while strengthening the construction of safety protection facilities. This is the 14th Central Document No. 1 guiding work related to agriculture, rural areas, and farmers since the 18th CPC National Congress, and the 22nd time that content related to rural roads has appeared in a Central Document No. 1. The "Six Small Projects" of 2004—water-saving irrigation, drinking water for people and livestock, rural roads, rural biogas, rural hydropower, and grassland fencing—have played a positive role in improving farmers' production and living conditions, creating employment opportunities, and increasing farmers' income. Further investment should be increased, construction content enriched, and the scope of construction expanded. In 2005, the investment structure for highway construction was adjusted, with increased investment in rural roads...

Fuyang Transportation: Fuyang's "Digital Intelligence" Empowers Rural Roads, Paving the Way to Prosperity for Rural Revitalization

In recent years, Fuyang City, guided by the digital transformation of highways, has innovatively implemented an integrated model for road condition monitoring and road asset collection, comprehensively strengthening the data foundation for precise management and maintenance of rural roads. This has propelled the construction of "Four Good Rural Roads" from a "basic guarantee" model to a "precision empowerment" model, injecting strong transportation momentum into rural revitalization. Precisely documented 19,000 kilometers of rural roads now have "digital ID cards." Addressing the challenges of numerous and complex rural roads, Fuyang City pioneered the integrated model for road condition monitoring and road asset collection, conducting road condition monitoring and asset documentation for approximately 19,000 kilometers of rural roads throughout the city. This has created a customized digital file for each rural road, forming a unified, dynamically updated municipal-level rural road data resource database. A smart empowerment management platform helps promote the modernization of governance capabilities. The city has built a "Four Good Rural Roads"...

Ministry of Transport - Xi Jinping: Explanation of the "Suggestions of the CPC Central Committee on Formulating the 15th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development"

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, October 28th – Explanation of the “Suggestions of the CPC Central Committee on Formulating the 15th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development” Comrade Xi Jinping: Entrusted by the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, I will explain to the plenary session the relevant circumstances surrounding the drafting of the “Suggestions of the CPC Central Committee on Formulating the 15th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development” (hereinafter referred to as the “Suggestions”). I. The Drafting Process of the “Suggestions” Formulating medium- and long-term plans to guide economic and social development is an important way for our Party to govern the country. The 14th Five-Year Plan will be completed this year, and it is necessary to study and formulate the 15th Five-Year Plan. Studying and formulating a good 15th Five-Year Plan is of great significance for promoting the sustained and healthy development of my country's economy and society and laying a more solid foundation for the basic realization of socialist modernization on schedule. In January of this year, the Central Committee of the CPC…

China Academy of Transportation Sciences: Industry News | On-site Meeting on Promoting High-Quality Development of "Four Good Rural Roads" in 2025 Held

On the morning of August 20, a conference on promoting the high-quality development of "Four Good Rural Roads" by 2025 was held in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Hunan Province. The conference thoroughly studied and implemented the important instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping on further improving the construction of "Four Good Rural Roads," summarized the achievements of "Four Good Rural Roads" construction during the 14th Five-Year Plan period, analyzed and assessed the situation, and deployed key tasks for the next stage to continuously promote the high-quality development of "Four Good Rural Roads." Liu Wei, Secretary of the Party Group and Minister of Transport, attended the meeting and delivered a speech. Li Jianzhong, Vice Governor of Hunan Province, attended the meeting and delivered a speech. Wang Gang, Vice Minister of Transport, presided over the meeting. The meeting pointed out that "Four Good Rural Roads" is a major livelihood project, a project that wins the hearts of the people, and a project of good governance, personally summarized, proposed, and promoted by General Secretary Xi Jinping. Since the 14th Five-Year Plan, transportation departments at all levels have deeply...

Ministry of Transport: Strengthen disaster risk and hazard investigation to solidify the foundation of highway traffic safety

May 12th this year marks the 17th National Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Day in my country, with the theme "Everyone Talks About Safety, Everyone Knows Emergency Response—Investigating Disaster Hazards Around Us." The Ministry of Transport, deeply studying and implementing the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important expositions on disaster prevention, mitigation, and relief, adheres to the principle of putting people first and prioritizing life, organizing transportation authorities at all levels to systematically investigate highway disaster risks and hazards during the flood season, strengthening rectification and control measures, and effectively ensuring safe highway travel during the flood season. To improve the breadth of the investigation and ensure high-quality disaster risk and hazard investigation, the Ministry of Transport has strengthened communication and cooperation with departments such as natural resources and water resources, sharing risk survey data, obtaining data on geological disaster points within the 5-kilometer corridor of expressways, and maps of the 50-year and 100-year flood range of small and medium-sized rivers in mountainous areas nationwide, and conducting comparative overlay mapping of the national expressway network...

Anhui Highways: The Provincial Highway Center held a symposium on rural highway work across the province in 2024.

From November 14th to 15th, the Provincial Highway Center held a symposium on rural road work in Qingyang County, Chizhou City, for 2024. Leaders and technical personnel from the Provincial Department of Transportation, the Provincial Highway Center, transportation bureaus of various cities, and highway (rural road) management agencies attended the meeting. Wang Bo, Deputy Director of the Provincial Highway Center, presided over the meeting and delivered a speech. The meeting summarized the main progress of rural road work in the province in 2024, reported on the progress of construction and maintenance projects, and some cities and counties shared their best practices. Participants exchanged and discussed the progress of rural road work in 2024 and the planned goals for 2025. The meeting pointed out that in 2024, under the strong leadership of the Provincial Department of Transportation, rural road departments throughout the province implemented the principle of safety first and steady progress, achieving significant results in the construction of "four-good rural roads," and the quality improvement and renovation of rural roads proceeded in an orderly manner, with road length increasing...