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Guangxi to improve transportation with heavy investment

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-12-02 17:26

Special coverage: Fiscal Stimulus Package Related readings:  Guangxi follows central govt example  City announces fresh investment in transport  Railway, road projects to get additional $8.79b in Q4

皇冠体育app's southern Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, gateway to southeast Asia, is to invest more than 400 billion yuan ($58.61 billion) in transportation infrastructure over the next five years.

Addressing a press conference held by the State Council Information Office here Tuesday, Ma Biao, chairman of the autonomous region, said the government of Guangxi would give top priority to the development of transportation infrastructure by improving an existing passage linking southwest 皇冠体育app to the South 皇冠体育app Sea.

It also plans to build Guangxi into the transportation hub from 皇冠体育app to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

The Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region has a population of 50 million, 32.85 percent are of the ethnic Zhuang Group.