33 Chinese projects are changing the face of the world (Part 2)
Business Insider has just published a list of the 33 largest projects that have been and will be deployed by China.
$ 3.5 billion: Beijing Capital International Airport is China's largest single construction project and the sixth largest building in the world.
USD 3.6 billion: Opened in 2012, Kunming Changshui International Airport is the second largest airport in China.The main station covers an area of 558,000 square meters.
4.5 billion USD: New City Nanhui is an urban project expected to be completed by 2020, which is home to 1 million residents.
6.3 million USD: Xiangjiaba Dam was completed in 2014, its electricity output reached 30.7 TWh / year.
6.3 billion USD: South Beijing Railway Station is the biggest and largest railway station in Asia.
USD 6.5 billion: The project to recreate the ancient Chinese "Silk Road" , linking China and India with Europe.
6.76 billion USD: Xiluodu is the fourth highest dam in the world, the second largest source of electricity in China.
7.89 billion USD: Su-Tong Duong Tu Bridge is longer than 1km, is the second longest cable-stayed bridge in the world, connecting Nam Thong City and Truong Thuc City.
10.6 billion USD: The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Ma Bridge will connect the two major territories after being completed in 2017.
12 billion USD: Hai Nam Van Xuong space center was completed in 2014. It has a unique position to launch spacecraft.
$ 12 billion: Shanghai Yangshan deep-water port project is under construction, with the goal of becoming the world's largest container port by 2024. In 2015, the port handled 36.5 million containers.
14 billion USD: Harbin-Dalian Road is the first mountain high-speed iron in the world that can operate in both high latitude and in low temperature environment.
16 billion USD: Giao Chau Bay Bridge is the longest cross-sea bridge in the world, stretching nearly 42km.
$ 35 billion: The Beijing-Shanghai high-speed rail is the world's longest high-speed rail project built in a single phase.
43 billion USD: China is one of 32 countries that signed an agreement to build Asian highway network , extending the continent to Europe.
322 billion USD: By 2030, China plans to bring together 42 million people from a 9-city area into a super city near the Pearl River Delta.After the project ended, the total population in this megacity is expected to reach 80 million.
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