In the early winter, the fields of Santai County in Mianyang City in Sichuan are bustling with agricultural machinery, and rural roads meander through the hills like ribbons, connecting 33 townships, 383 administrative villages, industrial parks, and scenic areas in the county, painting a new picture of rural revitalization. Santai's practice is a microcosm of Sichuan's 'Four Good Rural Roads' construction, which coordinates urban and rural development, improves people's livelihood, and supports rural revitalization.

Since the '14th Five-Year Plan', Sichuan has invested 164 billion yuan in rural roads, newly constructed and renovated 81,000 kilometers, with a total mileage of 375,000 kilometers, ranking first in the country. How to weave this road network? In Abuloha Village, Butuo County, Liangshan Prefecture, once a 'place rarely visited by people', the village road allows villagers to reach the county seat in 2 hours, and this year saw the graduation of the first group of college students. Sichuan has promoted the construction of roads connecting townships and villages, setting a goal of 'paving concrete roads to all administrative villages'. The 3.8-kilometer village road in Abuloha Village made history by using helicopters for construction. The province has added 33,000 natural villages with concrete roads, achieving a hard-surface road access rate of 85.6%.

On this basis, Sichuan's rural roads are striving for 'smoothness', with the 'Golden Pass Project' featuring yellow passenger minibuses becoming a highlight, enhancing recognition and safety, and taking on the important task of 'express delivery to villages and households'. In Xinba Village, Muyu Town, Qingchuan County, Guangyuan City, the 'Golden Pass · Postal Express Station' makes it more convenient for villagers to send express deliveries. More than 10,000 administrative villages in the province have achieved full coverage of stations, with a county-town logistics node coverage rate reaching 100%.

Sichuan has opened a total of 9,161 rural passenger transport routes, building a comprehensive transportation service system, making it more convenient for villagers to travel. Rural roads have changed the trajectory of rural development. In Zhaoping Village, Baijie Town, Naxi District, Luzhou City, the value of bamboo shoots has increased due to road access, and villagers' incomes have risen. In Leba Community, Shiyang Town, Tianquan County, Ya'an City, the value of bamboo shoots has increased after the industrial road was paved. The province has promoted the integrated development of 'transportation + tourism', having built 15,000 kilometers of industrial and tourist roads.

The Zhangla Red Tourism Road in Rangtang County, Aba Prefecture, was listed as one of the 'Top Ten Most Beautiful Rural Roads', driving the local tourism industry. Sichuan's high-quality development of 'High-quality Rural Roads' boosts the county economy and increases the income of the masses. Sichuan has established a sound rural road management and maintenance mechanism, with provincial and municipal finances implementing 8.8 billion yuan of maintenance funds annually, achieving a maintenance rate of 100%.

This year, Sichuan launched a new round of rural road upgrading action, planning to newly construct and renovate 8,000 kilometers of roads, implementing 'Eight Major Upgrading Actions', and striving to move the road network from 'leading in scale' to 'leading in quality'. The goal is for each county to have at least one beautiful rural road, creating demonstration roads for rural tourism, making every kilometer of rural road a bond serving rural revitalization.

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