Two high-grade highways linking China and Myanmar will open in the next two years, according to the local commerce department of southwest China's Yunnan Province.

The highway linking Tengchong in Yunnan with Myitkyina, Myanmar, will be finished by the end of this year, at a cost of 180 million yuan.

Another highway, linking Zhangfeng to Bhamo, Myanmar, will be open to traffic by 2006, said an official with the department. It will cost 28 million yuan.

The construction of the both highways started in the second half of 2004.

The official said the reconstruction of the two highways will be "conducive to regional economic cooperation and exchange" and help economic development.

Source: Xinhua