China State Planner said during the 15th Five-Year Plan the country will build
about 21,000 km of new expressways to complete the national highway network,
speed completion of riverside expressways and urban ring-road linkages, and
expand capacity and smart upgrades on major trunkways including Lianhuo, Shenhai
and Jinggang'ao. It will reasonably control the scale and pace of local highway
projects. The plan also targets about 2,500 km of new national high-grade
waterways and more than 100 automated berths capable of handling 10,000-ton-plus
vessels, aims to accelerate construction of a world-class Shanghai international
shipping center, optimize the Yangtze River Delta and Guangdong‑Hong Kong‑Macao
Greater Bay Area port clusters, develop southeast coastal and Beibu Gulf ports
clusters, and build a new Three Gorges water-transport channel.
