上海迪斯尼投資二百四十五億元

The investment for the first phase of the Disneyland project in Shanghai stands at 24.5 billion yuan, Xinhua reports.

據(jù)新華社報道，上海市長韓正周日表示，關于上海迪斯尼樂園項目第一期投資額的報道并不正確，投資額實為245億元。該項目于11月啟動，將是中國大陸首個、世界上第六個迪斯尼主題公園。它也是該美國娛樂業(yè)巨頭繼東京、香港后在亞洲建設的第三個主題公園。迪斯尼主題樂園的第一期工程將于2015年前建成投入運營。

新鐵路將貫通西藏新疆

據(jù)新華社報道，正在北京參加人大會議的青海省副省長駱玉林表示，“十二五規(guī)劃”期間(2011-2015年)，中國將建設第一條直接貫通新疆和西藏的鐵路——格爾木－庫爾勒鐵路。該工程將于年內(nèi)開工，2015年前投入使用。未來五年內(nèi)，格爾木—甘肅敦煌、格爾木—四川成都﹑西寧—成都﹑及西寧－云南昆明等鐵路也將相繼建成。

RMB 24 bln invested in Shanghai Disneyland

Shanghai Mayor Han Zheng on Sunday addressed incorrect reports on the investment for the first phase of the Disneyland project in Shanghai, saying it stands at 24.5 billion yuan, Xinhua reports. The project, which began in November, will be the first Disneyland theme park in mainland China and the sixth worldwide. It is also the US entertainment giant's third theme park in Asia after Tokyo and Hong Kong. The first phase of the Disneyland theme park will be built and put into operation by 2015.

New railway to link Tibet, Xinjiang

During China's 12th Five-Year Plan period (2011-2015), authorities will build the first direct rail link between Xinjiang and Tibet, said Luo Yulin, vice governor of Qinghai Province at the annual parliamentary session in Beijing, Xinhua reports. The new Golmud-Korla project will begin this year and be put into use by 2015. Two other railway lines would be built between Golmud and Dunhuang, Gansu Province, and between Golmud and Chengdu, Sichuan Province, over the next five years. Authorities are also considering the construction of two more railways linking Xining with Chengdu and Xining with Kunming, Yunnan Province, Luo added.

(China.org.cn March 8, 2011)