格尔木位于青藏高原的腹地,是一座战略地位十分重要的城市,是连接西藏、新疆、甘肃的战略要塞和中国西部的重要交通枢纽。1952年和平解放前,这里没有公路、房屋和固定的居民点,辽阔草原上只散落着星星点点的牧民帐篷,运输基本靠畜驮人扛。经过多年的建设发展,现在的格尔木,已形成包含公路、铁路、民航和管道等多种形式的立体交通运输网络。 Located in the hinterland of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Golmud is a strategically important city and a strategic traffic point linking Tibet, Xinjiang and Gansu and an important transportation hub in western China. Before the peaceful liberation in 1952, there were no roads, houses and fixed settlements. There were only scattered herders’ tent on the vast grasslands, and the transportation was basically carried by animals and people. After years of construction and development, now Golmud has formed a multi-dimensional transportation network including roads, railways, civil aviation and pipelines.