This Day, That Year

Item from Oct 16, 1994, in China Daily: China is determined to upgrade its roads and has given priority to linking major cities nationwide with a projected 35,000-kilometer network of expressways to be built within the coming three decades.

China has greatly improved its road infrastructure in recent decades.

The country now boasts the world's largest network of highways, which stretches more than 130,000 kilometers and connects all areas above county level. Nearly all townships and administrative villages are linked by roads.