China's key transport infrastructure projects for 2006-2010
6/3/2006 17:14
The following are the key transport infrastructure projects China is set
to build during the 2006-2010 period, listed in the draft guidelines of the
five-year development blueprint being deliberated by Chinese lawmakers at their
ongoing annual session: -- Railway: six railways for passenger
transportation, including one between Beijing and Shanghai; five inter-city
railways, including one between Beijing and Tianjin; and the upgrading of five
existing railways including one between Datong and Qinhuangdao. -- Highway:
14 expressways including one from Beijing to Hong Kong and Macau. -- Port:
transit systems for the transportation of coal and imported oil, gas and iron
ore, and containers transport systems at 12 seaports including those in Dalian,
Tianjin and Shanghai; coal transit and storage bases in eastern and southern
China. -- Shipping: the third-phase project for dredging the deepwater
channel at the mouth of the Yangtze River, the course at the mouth of the Pearl
River to the sea, channel dredging in the Yangtze and Pearl River valleys and
the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal; and acceleration of port construction along inland
rivers. -- Airport: expansion of ten airports including those in Beijing,
Shanghai and Guangzhou; relocation of the two airports in Kunming and Hefei; and
airports in central, western and northeastern China to accommodate flights on
feeder lines.
Xinhua News
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