China is expected to launch 12 major projects in Western China in 2006 at a
total cost of 165.4 billion yuan.
The country has started up 70 major projects in remaking the west from 2000
to 2005, with a total investment of nearly one trillion yuan. These projects
have played a crucial role in the improvement of basic facilities, accelerating
the growth of the advantageous industries of the west and enhancing the harmony
development of the region.
These 12 projects are:
*the Railway Project from Taiyuan to Zhongwei,
*the highway development in western China,
*Branch airline airfields construction in western China,
*Major coal mining projects in western China,
*Hydroelectric power plants construction in western China,
*Qingshanzui Reservoir Project in Yunnan province, southwest China,
*Paddies created from returned forestland for ensuring food supplies for
local farmers,
*A 800,000-ton ethylene project in Sichuan province, southwest China,
*A 1.2 million tons potash fertilizer project in Lop Nol, Xinjiang,
*A 400,000 tons alumina project in Inner Mongolia, north China,
*High-tech industrial projects in western China,
*Education, public health and other related project in western
China.
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