Efforts accelerated as city aims to become key regional transportation hub

The Zhanjiang city government has pledged to redouble its efforts to improve its transportation network, in line with decisions outlined in the city government's 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-20), for it to become a major regional transportation hub.

According to Jiang Jianjun, mayor of Zhanjiang, the city government has rolled out an overall plan to develop the local transportation network, called the 56811 Project, which features the extensive development of railway lines, highways, flights and shipping routes in and out of the city.

The Jiangmen-Zhanjiang Railway, which connects Zhanjiang with other Pearl River Delta cities, was launched on Sunday. The line will reduce travel times between the cities from around 10 hours to just three-to-four hours.