A high-speed train on the Beijing-Guangzhou line in China in 2012. (Image source: Getty Images)
[Watch China, May 3, 2024](Watch comprehensive report by Chinese reporter Li Muzi) Although Li Keqiang, the former Premier of the State Council of the Communist Party of China, said in 2020ChinaThere are 600 million people whose monthly income is less than 1,000 yuan, but government prices continue to rise. On May 2, four lines including Wuhan-Guangzhou High-speed Railway and Shanghai-Kunming Passenger LineHigh-speed rail fareWill open in Juneprice increase,IncreaseNearly 20%, triggering an overturn in online reviews.
According to upstream news reports, the price increase window for four high-speed railways including Wuhan-Guangzhou High-speed Railway, Shanghai-Hangzhou Passenger Railway, Shanghai-Kunming Passenger Railway, and Hangzhou-Ningbo Passenger Railway will open. On May 2, the Wuhan-Guangzhou High-speed Railway announced that starting from June 15, the Wuhan-Guangzhou Railway Passenger Dedicated Line Co., Ltd. will increase the fares for EMU trains running at a speed of 300 kilometers per hour and above on the Wuhan-Guangzhou section of the Beijing-Guangzhou High-speed Railway. High-speed rail fares have increased by around 20%.
In addition to the price increase of the Wuhan-Guangzhou High-speed Railway, the three limited liability companies of Shanghai-Hangzhou Railway Passenger Dedicated Line Co., Ltd., Shanghai-Kunming Railway Passenger Dedicated Line Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Hunan, and Hangzhou-Ningbo Railway Passenger Dedicated Line Co., Ltd. all issued announcements on May 2 , starting from June 15, will increase the fares of its high-speed rail lines.
The Shanghai-Hangzhou Passenger Express will increase the current second-class fare from Shanghai Hongqiao to Hangzhou East from 73 yuan to 87 yuan, an increase of 19.18%; the Shanghai-Kunming Passenger Express will increase the fares of its routes in Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Hunan, such as The current second-class ticket price from Hangzhou East to Changsha South is raised from 405 yuan to 485 yuan, an increase of 19.75%. The current second-class ticket price from Hangzhou South to Nanchang West is 257 yuan to 308 yuan, an increase of 19.84%; The current second-class ticket price from Hangzhou East to Ningbo is raised from 71 yuan to 85 yuan, an increase of 19.72%.
“China Business News” reported that this price increase is the largest increase in high-speed rail fares by the railway department in recent years. The most recent price increase was in June 2021, and the highest fare for second-class seats on the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed rail It increased from 598 yuan to 662 yuan, an increase of 10.70%.
The rapid growth of railway passenger traffic in 2024 will bring benefits to the China Railway Group in terms of revenue and profits. This time the prices of the four high-speed rail lines were raised at the same time. China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. stated that this is a measure for the State Railway Group to deepen the structural reform of the transportation supply side. In accordance with the idea of innovating supply and driving demand, it will carry out a genealogical design of passenger transport products and improve Optimize the passenger transport product supply system.
In the comment areas of upstream news articles and on mainland Weibo and Douyin platforms, netizens ridiculed, accused and expressed anger.
Netizens in Guangdong said, “If everyone boycotts and refuses to sit down, will prices be reduced? Unfortunately, disunity is notorious. The enemy will disintegrate from within and defeat each one. This is what they are good at.” “There are no more high-speed trains, so you can take the high-speed rail.” “Everything has gone up this year, including water, electricity, natural gas, and gasoline.” “It is recommended to add some late-shift express trains. The long-distance round trip costs more than a thousand yuan. After all, there are still many migrant workers. “I can’t afford to sit down” and “I guess the Japanese Imperial Army will come again”.
Netizens in Hunan said, “In the future, if you can’t afford to take the high-speed rail, you will just have to take a green car”, “The price from Changsha to Shenzhen is close to 500 after the increase, which is one-sixth of an ordinary person’s salary!”, “The poor cannot afford it”, “Start Kill the pig, right? Don’t buy a house, right? You have to use water, electricity and gas! It’s not a joke that the CPI rises by 3%. !”
Many netizens ridiculed, “You have the final say in the monopoly industry”, “The bad experts are here again”, “Please increase the basic salary so that you can ride the high-speed rail with three days’ salary.”, “Nonsense, in addition to increasing the cost of rigid needs, it will not benefit the people What’s the benefit?”, “It’s possible that you have to pay to go to the bathroom.”, “They are losing money, can they do it without an increase?”
Many netizens directly pointed out that the CCP authorities are robbing money, “It’s clearly a robbery!”, “Half a month’s salary is gone for a round trip! This is a money robbery!”, “It’s a money robbery”, “It’s really a clear robbery? Why should the price increase? ?” Some netizens said angrily, “Is it the same as gas? If it rises, boil the frog with water” and “Be crazy before you die!”
Source: Look at China
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