By the end of 2005 China had registered an expressway mileage totaling 41,000 km, only next to that of the United States, according to related sources.

From 2000 to 2005, statistics showed, China invested 2.23 trillion yuan in fixed assets in transportation, exceeding the total volume from 1949 to 2000.

From 2003 to 2005, 630,000 km cement road was paved in rural areas, two times that of the total length built from 1949 to 2002.

According to government plan, China's highway mileage will increase by 380,000 km in the coming five years, extending the total length of operational highway to 2.3 million km.

By People's Daily Online