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Railway network to be expanded

China will expand the railway network to 150,000 kilometers by 2020, including 30,000 km of high-speed railway, according to the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-20) for railway construction issued by the nation's top economic regulator on Friday. The network is expected to cover all cities with a population of more than 200,000 residents. The high-speed railway network is expected to connect more than 80 percent of China's major cities, according to the plan issued by the National Development and Reform Commission.

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