New airport taking shape southern Beijing

China will soon finish construction of basic infrastructure for the new international airport in Beijing, which is expected to serve 45 million passengers annually starting in 2019, project managers said.

Li Jianhua, executive manager of the airport terminal project at Beijing Urban Construction Group, told reporters on Monday at the site that the terminal structure will be completed before the end of January and the building's facade will be ready before the end of next year.

He said about 60 percent of the terminal's concrete work was finished.