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China?s national highway system to focus on rural roads in 2008

By Andy Scott

Jan. 9 - China will build at least 5,000 km of expressways this year, bringing the total length of expressways in the nation to almost 60,000 km by the year-end, Minister of Communications Li Shenglin said on Saturday.

According to the Ministry of Communications, there are currently 53,600 km of expressways traversing the country, of which, 8,300 km were laid down last year. 

Twenty-one provinces, municipalities and regions now have freeway networks longer than 1,000 km. Among them, Henan and Shandong provinces each have more than 4,000 km of freeways, while Jiangsu and Guangdong provinces each have between 3,000 and 4,000 km China Daily reports.

In the past five years, the country has built 28,000 km of freeways. China plans to expand its highway network to 85,000 km of expressways by 2020. (more…)

Full post as published by China Briefing Blog on January 09, 2008 (boomark / email).