Bigger and better: China builds for the future

China's major transportation infrastructure projects

Highways: Beijing-Kunming, Baotou-Maoming, Qingdao-Yinchuan, Shanghai-Xi'an, Shanghai-Chongqing, Guangzhou-Kunming, Shanghai-Kunming, Guiyang-Guangzhou, Fuzhou-Yinchuan Expressay.

Railways: Taiyuan-Yinchuan, Lanzhou-Chongqing, Guiyang-Guangzhou, Xi'an-Pingliang, Chongqing-Lichuan and an extension of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway.

Airports: Chengdu, Xi'an, Xining, Chongqing, Guiyang and Lanzhou.

Inland water transport: the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, Xijiang River and Jialingjiang River.

China's major energy and chemical industry bases

Large hydro-power bases: Jinsha River, Yalong River, Lancang River, the upper reaches of the Yellow River, Hongshui River and Wujiang River.

Large petroleum and natural gas exploration and processing bases: Sichuan, Shaanxi and Qinghai provinces and the Inner Mongolia, Guangxi Zhuang and Xinjiang Uygur autonomous regions.

Major coal chemical bases: Shannxi and Guizhou provinces and Ningxia Hui and Inner Mongolia autonomous regions.

Major renewable energy bases: wind and solar energy in Gansu Province and the Xinjiang Uygur, Ningxia Hui, Tibet and Inner Mongolia autonomous regions; bio-energy in Yunnan, Sichuan, Chongqing and Guizhou provinces and the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region; geothermal energy in the Tibet Autonomous Region.

State petroleum reserve base: Gansu Province.

China's major mineral resources exploitation and processing bases

Nonferrous metal: Copper in Yunnan Province and Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region; aluminium in Guizhou and Chongqing and the Inner Mongolia and Guangxi Zhuang autonomous regions; Lead and Zinc in Yunnan Province.

Rare earth: Sichuan and Gansu provinces and the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

Potash: Qinghai Province and the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

Iron and Steel: Baotou, Panzhihua, Jiuquan, Liuzhou, Kunming and Liupanshui.

Source: China Daily