During the "First Five-Year Plan" period, the Baocheng-Chengdu Railway and the Yingxia-Xiamen Railway were built; the Xinjiang-Tibet, Qinghai-Tibet, and Sichuan-Tibet highways were built to the "Roof of the World", which has strengthened the connection between the mainland of the motherland and the frontiers, and also facilitated the economy. Cultural exchange; in 1957, the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge was completed, connecting the traffic between the north and south of the Yangtze River. The country's overall transportation level has improved.
Before the reform and opening up, urban transportation resources were extremely limited. In addition to walking on two feet, the only means of transportation for people to travel were buses and bicycles. However, there are few bus routes and the carriages are often overcrowded. In comparison, the most convenient means of transportation is of course bicycles. China was once called the "Bicycle Kingdom", which shows people's dependence on bicycles. However, road construction at that time was also very backward, which brought a lot of inconvenience to people's daily lives.