Header Image: Line of taxis driving on expressway in China CC Captcha
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China is a global leader in building a modern, high-standard national road network to promote economic development, regional integration and social cohesion. Road transport forms a vital and fast growing sector of the transport sector, supporting trade and growth through the movement of goods and people, allowing economic specialization, spreading skills and enhancing productivity. Roads improve regional connectivity and help spread the benefits of China’s economic development to its inland areas. Roads also reduce rural isolation and improve citizens’ access to jobs, health facilities, education and social services. Perhaps most important, though, is the impact of roads on trade and transportation within the country. Years of continual growth in road construction have given China a vast network of highways and expressways, especially in the eastern regions of the country. Since 2000, China’s expressway network has grown annually by over 16 percent, now making it the second largest in the world at over 75,000 km by 2012. This astounding fact is most likely attributed to the country's massive expressway project, known as the National Trunk Highway System. Started in 1990, the project is still underway today. Eventually, when completed, the NTHS will provide a network of high speed limited access road links to connect the national capital of Beijing with all other directly administered municipalities; i.e., Tianjin, Shanghai and Chongqing, all provincial capitals, all other cities with population of one million or above and the majority of cities with population in excess of 500,000 ("Infrastructure in China"). The increase in expressways in China over the years, as well as the impact on the demand for cars, can be viewed through this link.
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/johnas/8010615446/in/photolist-dcSuTq-a5nWPB-7mrCH-dcSsYP-dcSuGo-dcSuY5-dcSuQQ-dcSwGm-dcSwLh-dcSuLp-dcApfT-7mwVB-7G8u4-dcStkg-dcAq2S-83jQz-7j7PZp-dcSuig-79Czk-dcApQU-7myJr-dcSv7Z-dcAqfd-7mr54-83kFx-dcAq8y-dcSu5g-dcSwcG-s9Zq5-dcSsWF-dcSwyd-dcApuk-dcSuFH-dcApV1-dcSwEm-dcSwNL-7asX6-dcSuVW-dcSumB-dcSusK-dcApNy-dcStXB-dcSw8b-dcSvSw-dcSuGZ-7myoT-dcAp5X-dcSvLC-dcSwgy-dcApWS
http://www.roadtraffic-technology.com/projects/national-trunk-highway-system/
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https://www.kpmg.com/CN/en/IssuesAndInsights/ArticlesPublications/documents/Infrastructure-in-China-201302.pdf
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/johnas/8010615446/in/photolist-dcSuTq-a5nWPB-7mrCH-dcSsYP-dcSuGo-dcSuY5-dcSuQQ-dcSwGm-dcSwLh-dcSuLp-dcApfT-7mwVB-7G8u4-dcStkg-dcAq2S-83jQz-7j7PZp-dcSuig-79Czk-dcApQU-7myJr-dcSv7Z-dcAqfd-7mr54-83kFx-dcAq8y-dcSu5g-dcSwcG-s9Zq5-dcSsWF-dcSwyd-dcApuk-dcSuFH-dcApV1-dcSwEm-dcSwNL-7asX6-dcSuVW-dcSumB-dcSusK-dcApNy-dcStXB-dcSw8b-dcSvSw-dcSuGZ-7myoT-dcAp5X-dcSvLC-dcSwgy-dcApWS
http://www.roadtraffic-technology.com/projects/national-trunk-highway-system/
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https://www.kpmg.com/CN/en/IssuesAndInsights/ArticlesPublications/documents/Infrastructure-in-China-201302.pdf