China sets long term goals for highway and waterway transportation

China sets long term goals for highway and waterway transportation

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China's Ministry of Communications issued its development goals for
highway and waterway transportation in the next 15 years, the ministry
said Wednesday.

China will build more highways, aiming to extend the country's highway
network to 3 million kilometers in 2020 and 85,000 kilometers of
expressways, according to the plan.

By 2020, drivers should be able to complete a round trip of 400 to 500
kilometers and single trip of 800 to 1000 kilometers in one day, the
plan says.

China also aims to enhance its port handling capacity to 6.4 billion
tons and container capacity to 200 million. According to the plan, 90
percent of the work in China's ports will be done by machines in 2020.

China will further develop its marine transportation, aiming to rank
in the first five of the sector worldwide in 2020, the plan says.

In the meantime, the ministry will work to reduce accidents in highway
and waterway transportation in the next 15 years by providing
transportation information service and setting up a monitoring system
as well as a emergency mechanism.

Land-saving and energy-saving are also included in the long-term plan
for China's transportation development in the next 15 years.