China's Transportation Revolution: Building the Largest Network

🌐China has quintupled the length of its highways in the past 30 years, creating the largest highway network in the world.

🚄China has built 20,000 kilometers of high-speed railways in just eight years, accounting for 60% of the world's total High-Speed Rail lines.

🌉China has the greatest number and most complex assortment of tunnels and bridges in the world, with over 20,000 tunnels and over a million bridges.

✈️China has the second-largest air network in the world, with 230 airports and more than three and a half million flights.

⛴️China's 32,000-kilometer coastline is home to seven ports among the top ten in the world.

How has China expanded its highway network?

—China has quintupled the length of its highways over the past 30 years, building the largest highway network in the world.

What is China's contribution to high-speed railways?

—China has built 20,000 kilometers of high-speed railways in just eight years, accounting for 60% of the world's total High-Speed Rail lines.

What makes China's transportation network unique?

—China has the greatest number and most complex assortment of tunnels and bridges in the world, with over 20,000 tunnels and over a million bridges.

How developed is China's air network?

—China has the second-largest air network in the world, with 230 airports and more than three and a half million flights.

What is significant about China's port infrastructure?

—China's 32,000-kilometer coastline is home to seven ports among the top ten in the world.

00:00China has made remarkable progress in building an extensive transportation network, including highways, railways, airports, and more.

03:57China has quintupled the length of its highways over the past 30 years, creating the largest highway network in the world.

10:31China has built 20,000 kilometers of high-speed railways in just eight years, accounting for 60% of the world's total High-Speed Rail lines.

14:01China has the greatest number and most complex assortment of tunnels and bridges in the world, with over 20,000 tunnels and over a million bridges.

20:08China has the second-largest air network in the world, with 230 airports and more than three and a half million flights.

26:40China's 32,000-kilometer coastline is home to seven ports among the top ten in the world.