Ningxia road building funds up 43pc year on year in the first 10 months

NORTHWEST China's Ningxia Autonomous Regional government plans to invest CNY6.42 billion (US$1.03 billion) in road construction, a 43 per cent year-on-year increase, reports Xinhua.

Rural road investment will come to CNY1.37 billion and will pay to pave 1,600 kilometres. Also CNY180 million on a freight station and CNY1.51 billion on upgrading intercity road networks.

Ningxia road transport posted a year-on-year 7.66 per cent increase of passenger volume to 129 million persons, and passenger turnover was up 10.17 per cent to 6.61 billion persons per kilometre.

Cargo transport volume reached 261 million tonnes, up 11.27 per cent and the turnover was 56.43 billion tonnes per kilometre, which increased 14.92 per cent in the first 10 months.