Transportation Scenes in Modern China - 2008

Heavy Transport - 38

The express highway system is set to expand to 65,000 km by 2010, 85,000 km by 2020, 120,000 km by 2030, and 175,000 km by 2050. The total costs of the national expressway network will be 2 trillion yuan (some 240 billion US dollars. From 2005 to 2010, the annual investment will run from 140 billion yuan (17 billion US dollars) to 150 billion yuan (18 billion US dollars, while from 2010 to 2020, the annual investment will be around 100 billion yuan (12 billion US dollars).