China Accelerates Construction of a "Golden Outer Ring" Connecting Its Border and Coastal Regions
CCTV.com (Xinwen Lianbo): Reporters have learned from the Ministry of Transport that, during the 15th Five-Year Plan period, China will fully connect three major overland corridors—border National Highways 219 and 331 and coastal National Highway 228—forming a "golden outer ring" linking the country's border and coastal regions. At present, asphalt paving of the bridge deck is underway on the 3,920-meter-long Fuqing Donggang Grand Bridge, a key project on the Fujian section of National Highway 228, as construction