Our newspaper, Beijing, March 5th (Special correspondent Jiao Jian) Today, the reporter came to the ethnic group of the Third Session of the Eleventh National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference to observe the panel discussions of members. In the morning, Premier Wen Jiabao's government work report stated that "priority support for the accelerated development of border ethnic areas" has aroused heated discussion among members of ethnic minorities. Almost everyone's speech began with "economic development in ethnic regions."

"If you want to be rich, build the road first, and then build the railway." When talking about the Yiwan Railway being built, Su Xiaoyun, a member of the Standing Committee of the Hubei Provincial Party Committee, the head of the United Front Work Department, and a member of the Tujia Nationality, told the reporter excitedly. Yiwan Railway passes through the territory of Hubei Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture. The construction of the railway has become a major event in the lives of people of all ethnic groups in Enshi who have never seen a train for generations. Cao Yi, the deputy governor of the state and a member of the Tujia Nationality, called the Yiwan Railway a "hundred-year dream of the Enshi people." He said: "Enshi has rich mineral resources, tourism resources and ethnic cultural resources. The biggest constraint on its development in the past was transportation. The opening of the Yiwan Railway will greatly promote the economic development of ethnic areas and promote the development of Enshi and the central and eastern regions. It can be said that it is of great economic and political significance to further strengthen national unity. "

More than just Enshi, when talking about the obstacles faced by the local economic development, many ethnic minority commissioners believe that the transportation problem is the biggest "stumbling block". It is precisely because of the suffering of traffic congestion in the past that members from Tibet showed such high enthusiasm for the Qinghai-Tibet Railway. Ji Mingnan, deputy mayor and Tibetan member of Lhasa, called the Qinghai-Tibet Railway the economic and lifeline of the Tibetan people. He said that after the opening of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, it first led to the rapid development of the tourism industry in Tibet. As far as Lhasa is concerned, tourism income accounts for about 30% of the gross national product. At the same time, the railway has brought into full play the advantages of large transportation volume and low cost, bringing inland goods into Tibet, enriching the market for people of all ethnic groups in Tibet, and bringing Tibet's rich resources to the interior, truly turning natural advantages into economic advantages. .

At the end of the interview, Commissioner Ji Ming Nanjia did not forget to make an advertisement with his experience of riding the Qinghai-Tibet Railway. He said: "It feels very comfortable to ride the Qinghai-Tibet Railway and the scenery is all the way. Welcome everyone to Tibet by train."