China builds and improves 290,000 km of rural roads in 2019
Updated: May 25, 2020 12:01Xinhua
Aerial photo taken on Jan 5, 2019 shows a road in Yaogao village of Gandong township, Rongshui Miao autonomous county, South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. China has targeted eradicating absolute poverty in 2020. As a Chinese saying goes: "If you want to get rich, you must first build roads." The country built and improved 290,000 km of roads in rural areas in 2019, enabling more than 9,400 more villages to have access to passenger coaches. [Photo/Xinhua]
People work at the construction site of a rural road in Nanshi village of Zaoqiang county, North China's Hebei province, Aug 15, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua]
Aerial photo taken on June 19, 2019 shows roads in Guijiang village of Gandong township, Rongshui Miao autonomous county, South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. [Photo/Xinhua]
Aerial photo taken on Aug 3, 2019 shows a road by the Banggong Co in Ngari prefecture in Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region. [Photo/Xinhua]
Aerial photo taken on June 20, 2019 shows rural roads in Xueshan town of Bijie city, Southwest China's Guizhou province. [Photo/Xinhua]
Aerial photo taken on Nov 15, 2019 shows rural roads in Kangping village of Guanghe county, Northwest China's Gansu province. [Photo/Xinhua]
Aerial photo taken on March 30, 2020 shows a rural road in Maozhuang village of Huaibin county, Central China's Henan province. [Photo/Xinhua]
