(Updates with new railway project approval in northern China)
BEIJING, Dec 31 (Reuters) - China has approved or revived railway and highway
projects since the second half of 2018, as Beijing accelerated infrastructure
spending to spur growth in the world's second-biggest economy.
The country's economic growth cooled to 6.0% in the third quarter, a near
30-year low, as the bruising U.S. trade war hit factory production, boosting the
case for Beijing to roll out fresh support.
China aims to nearly double its urban railway scale by 2020, and its vast
high-speed railway network will span 30,000 km by then, up from 19,000 km, according
to China's state council.
Below is a list of railway and highway projects China has approved or planned to
accelerate.
DATE LOCATION PROJECT DETAILS
ANNOUNCED
9-Aug-2018 Hubei Railway The central province plans to launch
three to four railway links every year
in the next three years.
10-Aug Guizhou High-speed The southwestern province plans a
railway high-speed railway to link all of its
cities with its capital of Guiyang.
11-Aug Tibet Railway Tibet's accelerated railway plans
include the Sichuan-Tibet project in
the next five years. The 1,700 km line
connecting Lhasa and Chengdu will
traverse mountains and gorges, and cost
about 250 billion yuan ($35.79
billion).
14-Aug Suzhou Urban railway The eastern city plans four new subway
lines by 2023. The 137-km project will
cost 95 billion yuan.
28-Aug Shenzhen Urban railway The southern city will have 33 subway
lines operating on 1,335 km of track by
2035. That is nearly five times the
scale of Shenzhen's subway lines.
17-Oct Shanghai/Su High-speed The 36.8 billion yuan railway project
zhou/Huzhou railway will start in Shanghai and run through
Suzhou city in Jiangsu province to
Huzhou city in Zhejiang province.
30-Oct Chongqing High-speed The 53.5 billion yuan, 265-km railway
railway project will be built in Chongqing
city, part of a network to connect
Chongqing with the southern city of
Xiamen.
9-Dec Henan Highway The central province of Henan plans to
spend 108.6 billion yuan on 14 highway
projects next year that will cover an
estimated 1002 km.
19-Dec Hangzhou Urban railway The eastern city of Hangzhou received a
greenlight to spend another 14 billion
yuan on two existing urban railway
projects, raising the total investment
to 53.54 billion yuan. The city also
plans a new airport express line.
19-Dec Shanghai Urban railway Shanghai will build six more subway
lines and three inter-city railways for
a total investment of 298.35 billion
yuan. The city's transportation network
will span 1154 km in five years.
21-Dec Guangxi Inter-city The southern region of Guangxi received
railway a greenlight to build two inter-city
railway lines worth 51.7 billion yuan,
spanning 325 km when completed.
25-Dec Shaanxi High-speed The National Development and Reform
railway Commission approved a 55.16 billion
yuan high-speed railway project linking
Shaanxi's provincial capital Xian with
Yanan, a region of about 2 million
north of the city. The project is
expected to be completed in 4.5 years.
28-Dec Changchun Urban railway The state planner approved 71.14
billion yuan for 116 km of urban
railway projects in the northeastern
city.
2-Jan-2019 Jiangsu Inter-city The state planner approved a new
railway inter-city railway network worth 218
billion yuan in the eastern province of
Jiangsu. The railway tracks will span
980 km when completed in 2025.
4-Jan Wuhan Urban railway The state planner approved 146.9
billion yuan of urban railway projects
in the central city of Wuhan with a
total length of 198.4 km.
25-April Zhengzhou Urban railway The state planner approved urban
railway projects worth a total of
113.89 billion yuan in Zhengzhou city,
the capital of central Henan province.
The projects that include six new
subway lines are expected to span
326.54 km when completed by 2024.
2-July Xian Urban railway The National Development and Reform
Commission approved seven urban railway
projects worth a total of 96.85 billion
yuan in Xian, the capital of
northwestern Shaanxi province.
22-July From High-speed The National Development and Reform
Zhengzhou railway Commission approved a 40.93 billion
to Jinan yuan high-speed railway project linking
Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan
province, with Jinan, the capital of
neighbouring Shandong province. The
project is expected to be completed in
4 years.
22-July From Heze High-speed The National Development and Reform
to Lankao railway Commission approved a 10.95 billion
yuan high-speed railway project linking
Lankao, a county in Henan province,
with Heze, a city in Shandong. The
project is expected to be completed in
3.5 years.
11-Sept From High-speed The National Development and Reform
Chongqing railway Commission approved a 141.62 billion
to Kunming yuan ($19.90 billion) high-speed
railway project linking the
southwestern municipality of Chongqing
and Kunming, the capital of Yunnan
province.
25-Dec From High-speed The National Development and Reform
Shenyang to railway Commission approved a 72.29 billion
Baihe yuan ($10.34 billion) high-speed
railway project linking the two cities
in the northeastern provinces of
Liaoning and Jilin.
25-Dec From Baotou Railway The National Development and Reform
to Yinchuan Commission approved two railway
to Huinong; projects linking those cities in Inner
From Mongolia and Ningxia regions with a
Yinchuan to total investment of 54.63 billion yuan
Bayanhot ($7.81 billion).
31-Dec From High-speed The National Development and Reform
Ulanqab to railway Commission approved a $4.86 billion
Datong to high-speed railway project linking
Yuanping cities in northern China's Inner
Mongolia region and Shanxi province.
($1 = 6.9851 Chinese yuan renminbi)
(Reporting by Beijing Monitoring Desk; Editing by Darren Schuettler, Alex
Richardson, Himani Sarkar and Uttaresh.V)
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