Source: CCTV.com

11-13-2008 10:17

Special Report:   Global Financial Crisis

Construction is also set to begin on China's railway network. Relevant authorities say upgrades are due and will involve building more than 300 new lines over the next 2 years that's 10,000 more kilometers of tracks for every year.

Relevant authorities say upgrades are due and will involve building more than 300 new lines over the next 2 years that's 10,000 more kilometers of tracks for every year. 
Relevant authorities say upgrades are due and will involve 
building more than 300 new lines over the next 2 years that's
10,000 more kilometers of tracks for every year. 

In the longer term, investment in the sector will stretch over the next 12 years and will cost as much as 5 trillion yuan.

The plan is to increase China's railways to 120,000 kilometers by 2020. Key projects will include an express link between Beijing and Shanghai, and a railway from Beijing to Shijiazhuang, Wuhan, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen.

Some of the lines will be built specially for the transport of cargo such as that running between Baotou and Xi'an.

 

Editor:Xiong Qu