The total length of highways that open to traffic will reach 80,000 km in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region by the end of 2010, 18,000 km longer than that at the end of last year.

The length of expressways that open to traffic will reach 3,000 km in the region by the end of 2010, 1,600 km longer than that at the end of last year, according to the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Regional Development and Reform Commission.

Five years later, all the region's 14 cities will be connected with expressways and there will be eight expressways linking the region with neighboring provinces and neighboring Southeast Asian countries.

Last year, Guangxi kicked off the construction of 16 expressway projects with a total length of 1,242 km last year.

(Xinhua News Agency February 8, 2006)