Belt and Road Initiative project to boost transport in northwest region

Construction of Asia's highest tunnel in elevation, located in Northwest China's Qilian Mountains, is progressing smoothly with 45 percent of the job done. The tunnel would link Gansu and Qinghai provinces when completed in October 2020.

The Dongshan Tunnel, part of the Sunan-Qilian section within the G213 national highway, will help traffic flow between the Sunan Yugur autonomous county in Gansu and Qilian county in Qinghai.

A key project in the Belt and Road Initiative, the 3,639-meter-long tunnel is being built by the First Engineering Co Ltd of China Tiesiju Civil Engineering Group (CTCE), project safety director Li Huping said.