中共中央總書記、國家主席、中央軍委主席習(xí)近平近日對川藏鐵路開工建設(shè)作出重要指示指出，

Xi identified the project as a major measure in facilitating the Party's general plan for governing Tibet in the new era, and stressed the project's important role in safeguarding national unity, promoting ethnic solidarity and consolidating stability in border areas.The project would significantly contribute to the economic and social development of the western region, especially in Sichuan Province and Tibet Autonomous Region, said Xi.
建設(shè)川藏鐵路是貫徹落實新時代黨的治藏方略的一項重大舉措，對維護國家統(tǒng)一、促進民族團結(jié)、鞏固邊疆穩(wěn)定，對推動西部地區(qū)特別是川藏兩省區(qū)經(jīng)濟社會發(fā)展，具有十分重要的意義。

Underlining the complex geological and climatic conditions, as well as fragile ecological environment along the project line, the president called for leveraging the Chinese socialist system's advantage of concentrating resources to get things done to accomplish this historic task, which is arduous but glorious.
習(xí)近平強調(diào)，川藏鐵路沿線地形地質(zhì)和氣候條件復(fù)雜、生態(tài)環(huán)境脆弱，修建難度之大世所罕見，要充分發(fā)揮我國社會主義制度能夠集中力量辦大事的優(yōu)勢，把這一光榮而艱巨的歷史任務(wù)完成好。

The construction should be carried out in a scientific, safe and eco-friendly way, Xi added.
廣大鐵路建設(shè)者要科學(xué)施工、安全施工、綠色施工。

Premier Li Keqiang, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, also emphasized prioritizing the safety, reliability and quality of the project, and called for coordinated efforts in promoting construction, epidemic prevention and people's well-being.
中共中央政治局常委、國務(wù)院總理李克強作出批示指出，按照安全可靠優(yōu)先、時間服從質(zhì)量的原則，統(tǒng)籌好疫情防控、群眾民生等工作。

Joining a video conference streamed in three locations to mark the start of the Ya'an-Nyingchi section's construction, Vice Premier Liu He, also a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, conveyed Xi's instruction and announced the beginning of the project.
川藏鐵路（雅安至林芝段）開工動員大會11月8日在北京和川藏鐵路控制性工程色季拉山隧道、大渡河特大橋三地，以視頻連線的方式同時進行。中共中央政治局委員、國務(wù)院副總理劉鶴在大會上傳達習(xí)近平重要指示。

With a designed speed from 120 to 200 km per hour, the 1,011-km section between Ya'an in Sichuan and NyingChi in Tibet is the third part of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway, which will be carried out by the China State Railway Group Co., Ltd.
線路起自四川雅安，終至西藏林芝，新建正線長度1011公里，設(shè)計時速120公里至200公里。項目由國鐵集團負責(zé)組織實施。

The project's Chengdu-Ya'an section became operational in December 2018, and the construction of the Lhasa-Nyingchi section started in June 2015.
川藏鐵路成都至雅安段已于2018年12月開通運營，拉薩至林芝段于2015年6月開工建設(shè)。