As of 2023, China's total highway length approached ** kilometers, an increase of kilometers from the previous year. During the past 15 years, the length of expressways in China had expanded *** times from * kilometers in 2009.Â
China’s growing highway network
With the advent of the , the focus of urban development in China shifted to building a nationwide network of highways. By 2020, there were ** provinces in the country with over ** kilometers of expressway network, with Sichuan Province having the longest expressway at more than ** kilometers.
Road transportation in China
One of the reasons for the expansion of the road network is to promote the development of the logistics industry. In China, Jiangsu Province serves as a logistics hub, with nearly *** million drivers using the region's highways in 2020, surpassing Guangdong Province as the busiest province in the country.
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