China approves $36 billion railway plan for Jing-Jin-Ji megacity

These projects will be built over the years to 2020, and are part of a wider plan that will stretch to 2030

A China Railway High-speed (CRH) Harmony bullet train pulls into the Shenyang Railway Station PHOTO: REUTERS

China has approved a 247 billion yuan ($36 billion) railway plan to improve transport links between the capital Beijing, the port city of Tianjin, and the neighbouring province of Hebei, part of plans to integrate the three areas into a mega-city.

The National Development and Reform Commission said in an online statement on Monday that the plan will span nine projects that total 1,100 km (683 miles) long.


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These projects will be built over the years to 2020, and are part of a wider plan that will stretch to 2030, it said.

The current population of the three areas is estimated at around 110 million, and by the time it's complete, the so-called Jing-Jin-Ji project will span 212,000 sq km (82,000 sq miles), or more than twice the size of South Korea.
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