我國城軌交通建設門檻即將下調

China is mulling to lower the threshold for cities applying for urban rail transport construction, a move that analysts say may draw more than one trillion yuan investment while bolstering ailing economic growth.

我國正考慮下調建設城市軌道交通的申報標準。分析人士稱，此舉或將吸引超過1萬億元的投資，並拉動經濟增長。

Cities with a population of less than 3 million, but over 1.5 million, are now likely to get green-lighted to start building urban rails in the next few years, the Economic Information Daily reported last Monday, citing authorities.

《經濟參考報》上週一援引官方消息稱，人口逾150萬但不足300萬的城市，可能獲准在未來幾年開始建設城市軌道交通。

Currently, only cities with over 3 million residents, whose fiscal revenue could reach 10 billion yuan ($1.53 billion) and GDP hit 100 billion yuan, are qualified for building a rail transit system.

目前，只有人口逾300萬、地方財政收入達100億元、地區生產總值達1000億元（摺合153億美元）的城市纔有資格建設城市軌道交通。

An action plan, issued earlier by China's top economic planner National Reform and Development Commission together with the Ministry of Transport, noted that total investments on transportation by 2018 will reach 4.7 trillion yuan - about 34 percent will go to new urban rails.

中國最高經濟計劃部門國家改革發展委員會日前與交通運輸部一起發佈了一項行動計劃，該計劃指出，到2018年我國的運輸總投資將達到4兆7000億元，這其中34%將投入到新的城市軌道中去。

Expansion of urban rail transport to smaller cities will add up to the investment as that in large cities start to saturate, the newspaper cited Liu Yuanchun, director of National Academy of Development and Strategy at Renmin University of China.

此外，該報道還引用了中國人民大學國家發展與戰略研究院主任劉元春的話稱，由於大城市已經達到飽和，因此城市軌道交通建設將帶來巨大的投資空間。

Light rail construction will not only help ease traffic jams, but more importantly drive the development of a long industrial chain, said Industrial Securities.

興業證券稱，輕軌建設不僅將有助於緩解交通擁堵，更重要的是它還將推動一個較長產業鏈的發展。

Private capital is encouraged to join government investments in those rail projects, but "local governments should be wary of financing risks during the process", said Liu of Renmin University.

人民大學劉元春主任表示，國家鼓勵私人資本參與這些鐵路項目的投資，但是地方政府應警惕此過程中可能會出現的融資風險。