Zhanjiang in Guangdong province plans to complete 370 major projects during the 13th Five-year Plan (2016-2020) period, with planned investment totaling 439.6 billion yuan. The number is expected to account for 50 percent of the total investment in fixed assets.

Investment for major projects in Zhanjiang has played a significant role in boosting the port city's economic growth in the past five years. Among them provincial-level major projects have brought in more than 400 billion yuan ($61.5 billion) in fixed-asset investment city wide.

In the field of infrastructure construction, by the year 2020, the city is expected to build a modern and highly effective infrastructure system, including 250 kilometers of high-speed rail track and 466 km of highways. The annual passenger throughput of its civil airport is also estimated to hit 3 million.

In the modern industrial sector, 127 projects totaling more than 160 billion yuan will be brought forward to further advanced manufacturing, modern service and other emerging industries.

The city will also arrange 52 ecological and 43 social welfare projects.

Major construction projects remain the investment focus for 2016, including the building of Donghai Island Railway, Hepu-Zhanjiang Railway and Donghai Island-Leizhou Highway.

Workers at the construction site of Donghai Island Railway, May 4 [Photo by Lang Shuchen and Wu Zhiheng / Zhanjiang Daily]

A bird's-eye view of the completed Shugang Highway and the Donghai Island Railway under construction, May 4. [Photo by Lang Shuchen and Wu Zhiheng / Zhanjiang Daily]