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Highways between the mountains in the city of Chongqing in southwest China, October 31, 2022. /CFP
A total of 299 new projects to build expressways and national and provincial highways were started in China in the first nine months of the year, with a length of 9,645 kilometers, according to the Ministry of Transport (MOT).
The total investment in these projects hit 882.6 billion yuan ($123 billion), Gu Zhifeng, an MOT official, told a press conference on Monday.
In September alone, 34 new major road projects were initiated, Gu said, adding that their total investment reached 385.3 billion yuan, skyrocketing about 277 percent from a month ago.
Gu said that the ministry would continue to intensify efforts on expanding effective investment and accelerating the implementation of a slew of major road projects to better leverage the role of key projects in stabilizing economic operations.
According to the MOT, a total of 16,721 charging points have been built in China's 3,974 expressway service areas as the country has accelerated the construction of battery charging facilities along the roads.
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