Li calls Bohai passage a 'must-have' for region

Premier says cross-strait project would break Shandong-Liaoning transportation bottlenecks

Premier Li Keqiang firmly supports the idea to build a cross-Bohai Strait passage, equivalent to nearly two times the length of the UK's Channel Tunnel, a move to promote regional logistics and encourage investment.

Li, who is a deputy to the Shandong delegation of the National People's Congress, joined the panel discussion on Friday. He called the project - which would link Lushun, Liaoning province, on the Liaodong Peninsula in the north, with Penglai, on the Shandong Peninsula to the south - "a must-have move" to break transportation bottlenecks in the region.