May 31 2015, 16:08

Interesting facts.

— In 2 years, China produced more cement than the USA in the entire 20th century. From January to December 2014, China’s cement industry produced 2 billion 476 million tons of cement. Over the past two years, 4 billion 890 million tons (4.9 gigatons). The USA in recent years produces about 80 million tons of cement per year (30 times less than China), Russia 65 million tons.

— The length of roads in China is 4 million kilometers. This is the largest road network in the world. The recent growth amounts to about 10 thousand km of expressways per year.

— 300 thousand bridges across the country, of which 1000 are longer than a kilometer. And by 2016, a bridge from Hong Kong to Macau will be built.

— Each year, the car fleet increases by 20 million vehicles, and in Beijing, you can only enter if the last digit of your vehicle registration number is allowed that day.

— Every year 100 airports are built.

— Huge viaducts, 150 km in length. Or consider a tunnel that is 28 km long.

— A train from Guangzhou to Guiyang passes 510 bridges and 236 tunnels at a speed of 250 km/h in one hour.

— In 30 years, the Chinese have increased the country’s residential area eightfold.

— In 10 years, China will have 220 cities with a population of more than 1 million people.