Give examples of the importance of railroads?

First, the economic aspect (this is the most real, there is no economic gain, who go to build the railroad)

1 can accelerate the development of resources, material output.

2 The radiation effect of the railroad can accelerate the opening to the outside world, promote export-oriented economic development.

3 can lead to the development of tertiary industry: the opening up of tourist hotlines, so that the rich tourism resources in the area to be developed, and can lead to the development of related industries in the region and even the entire tertiary industry.

Second Political aspects (reflecting the national policy)

1 Consolidation of national unity: the large population of the area, (especially to see whether there are ethnic minorities distribution) the opening of the railroad has brought them the road to prosperity.

2 There are ethnic minorities distribution, then, with reference to the South Kunming Railway: to speed up the Southwest District to get rid of poverty: the Southwest District is the most concentrated distribution of the poor population in China, before the opening of the South Kunming Railway, the country's poor population in the distribution of the 1/3 of the region, the South Kunming Railway was completed and opened to traffic in 1997, the number of people in poverty has fallen dramatically.

3 To a certain extent, it makes the society more stable and the nation more united.

Third Transportation Location

It can accelerate the opening up to the outside world and develop an export-oriented economy: it can develop foreign trade and border trade, open up international markets, participate in the international division of labor and promote international regional economic cooperation.

Fourth, the national defense strategy (for some special, with the border, and foreign contact with the railroad)

In wartime for the consolidation of national defense, the defense of the border is very important.