China Targets 95% Transport Network Completion by 2030 as Beijing Pushes Supply-Chain Resilience
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Updated · South China Morning Post · Jul 31
China Targets 95% Transport Network Completion by 2030 as Beijing Pushes Supply-Chain Resilience
1 articles · Updated · South China Morning Post · Jul 31
Summary
China set a goal to complete 95% of its core national transport network by 2030, up from a current 91% completion rate announced by the Ministry of Transport.
The next five-year push is aimed at making the system more efficient and better able to shield supply chains, even after China built out vast rail, expressway, airport and canal links.
That expansion comes despite China already having the world's longest high-speed rail and canal networks and one of the longest road networks, raising questions about what major projects still need to be built.
Beijing has framed the remaining buildout around fixing transport 'weak links' as it extends connectivity beyond the country's already well-connected economic hubs.