Analysis of the Impact of High Speed ​​Rail on Urban Development in China

On the one hand, the high-speed rail realizes the transport of passengers and goods, improves the transportation capacity of the original railway, greatly enhances the mobility of strategic elements and resource elements, and on the other hand reduces the time distance between cities and expands the number of core cities. The scope of radiation increases the accessibility of comprehensive transportation and accelerates the change of business activities centered on people, resulting in industrial restructuring and business style changes in Chinese cities.

The original three major city circle core cities will achieve industrial structure upgrading by absorbing strategic factors, triggering further corporate headquarters gathering, moving toward the higher end of the value chain, and attracting high-end business people to gather; high-speed rail interchange cities will reasonably combine natural resources and human resources. Resources, play a role in economies of scale, occupy the middle and high end of the dominant industries, and build livable cities based on their high-quality infrastructure resources; cities along the high-speed railways will focus on high-speed rail stations as their core economic deployment, achieve specialized division of labor, and form corresponding manufacturing centers. Small cities are closely connected with their traffic. In the end, the three types of cities will achieve specialization in conformity with their regional advantages, and form a business circle with different styles.