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Studies in the History of Natural Sciences  2019, Vol. 38 Issue (3): 278-289    DOI:
FOCUS： HISTORY OF SCIENCES IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA     
"New Lines First": Railway Construction in the Early Years of the People's Republic of China
WANG Bin
Institute for the History of Natural Sciences, CAS, Beijing 100190, China
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Abstract  In the early years of the PRC, in order to change the unbalanced distribution of the national railways and to build a new industrial base and strategic rear in the western regions, China poured a great deal of resources into railway construction. New railways were built, such as the Chengdu-Chongqing, Tianshui-Lanzhou, Laibin-Munanguan, Baoji-Chengdu, Lanzhou-Urumchi, Baotou-Lanzhou, Fengtai-Shacheng and Yingtan-Xiamen lines, among others. In the construction of these new lines, important technological achievements were made, and many "Firsts" for China were created. These achievements owed much to the particular modes of the socialist mobilization of resources for such huge undertakings, and the advice and help of Soviet experts. On the other hand, however, due to defects in the construction systems and the lack of recognition of the importance of geological surveys, as well as the pure pursuit of rapid construction, the quality of parts of the railways was negatively affected. The construction of these new lines did, on the whole, have a positive impact on society.

Key words： early years of the PRC      railway construction      New Lines First     
Received: 27 February 2019      Published: 18 June 2022
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WANG Bin. "New Lines First": Railway Construction in the Early Years of the People's Republic of China. Studies in the History of Natural Sciences, 2019, 38(3): 278-289.

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