Yunnan to construct five international highways in five years

According to the Yunnan Provincial Department of Transportation, Yunnan is actively constructing an “interconnected” transport system of “seven interprovincial highways and five international highways”, in a bid to serve the Belt and Road Initiative and build itself into a pivot of China’s opening up to South and Southeast Asia.

As is learnt, a total length of 4,090 kilometres will be constructed in Yunnan to connect the 12 planned highways. During the 12th Five-Year Plan period, approximately 2,000 kilometres of highways have been put into use. By the end of 2020, 6,000 kilometres of highways will have been constructed, the length of navigable waterways will have reached 5,000 kilometres, the network of “seven interprovincial highways and five international highways” will have come into being and the central Yunnan loop will have closed.

According to an official of Yunnan Provincial Department of Transportation, Yunnan is the only Chinese province connected to three Asian regions (East Asia, South Asia and Southeast Asia) and two oceans (Pacific and Indian Ocean), with access to China’s coastal areas via Guizhou and Guangxi in the east, the Central Plains via Sichuan and Chongqing in the north, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and Singapore in the south and Myanmar, India and Bangladesh in the west. Also, it is the only Chinese province that can reach South and Southeast Asia by land and can be easily integrated into three Silk Roads, namely the Ancient Silk Road in the north, the Maritime Silk Road in the south and the Southern Silk Road in the west.

So far, all the sections of Kunming-Chengdu Highway, Kunming-Guiyang Highway, Kunming-Baise Highway and Kunming-Hanoi Highway in Yunnan have been completed; the remaining sections of Kunming-Chongqing Highway, Kunming-Ruili-Kyaukpyu Highway, Kunming-Xingyi Highway, Kunming-Mohan Highway and Kunming-Zunyi Highway in Yunnan are all under construction; and the preliminary work for the remaining sections of Kunming-Ledo Highway and Kunming-Qingshuihe-Kyaukpyu Highway in Yunnan is in rapid progress.

The five international highways are Kunming-Mohan-Bangkok Highway, Kunming-Hekou-Hanoi Highway, Kunming-Ruili-Kyaukpyu Highway, Kunming-Tengchong-Ledo and Kunming-Qingshuihe-Kyaukpyu Highway, which connect Yunnan with South and Southeast Asia. The seven interprovincial highways are Kunming-Panzhihua-Chengdu Highway, Kunming-Shuifu-Chongqing Highway, Kunming-Fuyuan-Guiyang Highway, Kunming-Puli-Zunyi Highway, Kunming-Luoping-Xingyi Highway, Kunming-Funing-Baise Highway and Dali-Deqin-Mangkang Highway, interconnected with the road network of its neighboring provinces.

Yunnan to construct five international highways in five years

According to the Yunnan Provincial Department of Transportation, Yunnan is actively constructing an interconnected transport system of seven interprovincial highways and five international highways, in a bid to serve the Belt and Road Initiative and build itself into a pivot of Chinas opening up to South and Southeast Asia. As is learnt, a total length of 4,090 kilometres will be constructed in Yunnan to connect the 12 planned highways. During the 12th Five-Year Plan period, approximately 2,000 kilometres of highways have been put into use. By the end of 2020, 6,000 kilometres of highways will have been constructed, the length of navigable waterways will have reached 5,000 kilometres, the network of seven interprovincial highways and five international highways will have come into being and the central Yunnan loop will have closed. According to an official of Yunnan Provincial Department of Transportation, Yunnan is the only Chinese province connected to three Asian regions (East Asia, South Asia and Southeast Asia) and two oceans (Pacific and Indian Ocean), with access to Chinas coastal areas via Guizhou and Guangxi in the east, the Central Plains via Sichuan and Chongqing in the north, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and Singapore in the south and Myanmar, India and Bangladesh in the west. Also, it is the only Chinese province that can reach South and Southeast Asia by land and can be easily integrated into three Silk Roads, namely the Ancient Silk Road in the north, the Maritime Silk Road in the south and the Southern Silk Road in the west. So far, all the sections of Kunming-Chengdu Highway, Kunming-Guiyang Highway, Kunming-Baise Highway and Kunming-Hanoi Highway in Yunnan have been completed; the remaining sections of Kunming-Chongqing Highway, Kunming-Ruili-Kyaukpyu Highway, Kunming-Xingyi Highway, Kunming-Mohan Highway and Kunming-Zunyi Highway in Yunnan are all under construction; and the preliminary work for the remaining sections of Kunming-Ledo Highway and Kunming-Qingshuihe-Kyaukpyu Highway in Yunnan is in rapid progress. The five international highways are Kunming-Mohan-Bangkok Highway, Kunming-Hekou-Hanoi Highway, Kunming-Ruili-Kyaukpyu Highway, Kunming-Tengchong-Ledo and Kunming-Qingshuihe-Kyaukpyu Highway, which connect Yunnan with South and Southeast Asia. The seven interprovincial highways are Kunming-Panzhihua-Chengdu Highway, Kunming-Shuifu-Chongqing Highway, Kunming-Fuyuan-Guiyang Highway, Kunming-Puli-Zunyi Highway, Kunming-Luoping-Xingyi Highway, Kunming-Funing-Baise Highway and Dali-Deqin-Mangkang Highway, interconnected with the road network of its neighboring provinces.