Highway construction China National Highways

map of china national highway plan (2013-30)

the building of highways seen key accelerating infrastructure construction. in 2003, completed investment in highway construction 350 billion yuan , 219 key highway projects progressed, focusing on 5 north-south , 7 east-west national arterial highways highways in western china , in rural areas. end of 2004, total length of highways open traffic reached 1.871 million km, including 34,300 km (21,300 mi) of expressways advanced modern transportation standard, ranking second in world. nation s highway density has reached 19.5 km per 100 km.

with completion in 2008 of 5 north-south , 7 east-west national arterial highways, totaling 35,000 km (22,000 mi), beijing , shanghai linked major highways, chiefly expressways, capitals of provinces , autonomous regions of china, creating highway connections between on 200 cities.

the aim of national expressway network plan approved in 2005 expressway system connecting capitals of provinces , autonomous regions beijing , each other, linking major cities , important counties. network have total length of 85,000 km (53,000 mi), including 7 originating in beijing; beijing-shanghai, beijing-taipei, beijing-hong kong-macau, beijing-kunming, beijing-lhasa, beijing-Ürümqi, , beijing-harbin expressways. half of projects completed.

in 2013 ministry of transport announced national highway network planning (2013 - 2030) , bring total number of highways 119, 81 connecting highways between them. total mileage increased 265,000 km (165,000 mi), increased focus on western , less developed regions.