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 Macao.
-- 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 Agency March 6, 2006)