National Development and Reform Commission: China will build approximately 21,000 kilometers of new expressways during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period.

The National Development and Reform Commission stated on November 4 that during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, China will build approximately 21,000 kilometers of new expressways, complete the national highway network, accelerate the construction of sections awaiting completion such as the riverside expressways and metropolitan area ring roads, promote the capacity expansion and intelligent upgrading of expressways including the Lianyungang-Horgos, Shenyang-Haikou, and Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao expressways, and reasonably control the scale and pace of local expressway construction. During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, China will build approximately 2,500 kilometers of national high-grade waterways and more than 100 automated terminal berths of 10,000-ton class and above, accelerate the construction of a world-class Shanghai International Shipping Center, optimize and upgrade the port clusters of the Yangtze River Delta and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, actively develop the Southeast Coastal port cluster and the Beibu Gulf Rim port cluster, and build a new Three Gorges water transport channel.