85,000 Km Expressway to be Built

13/01/2005

China will build a 85,000-kilometer-expressway network in the coming 30 years, Zhang Chunxian, minister of communications said Thursday at a press conference held by the Information Office of State Council.

Formed by seven lines from Beijing, nine lines from north to south and 18 from east to west, the network will connect all cities with a population above 200,000.

By the end of 2004, 34,000 kilometers of expressway had been in use in China.