BEIJING, July 20 (Xinhua) -- Southwest China’s Sichuan province will accelerate the construction of a modern transportation system and go further with opening up and cooperation, according to the press conference on building a modern integrated transportation system held in Chengdu, Sichuan on Thursday.
Sichuan targets railway length of more than 6,000 kilometers by 2020, forming a high-speed rail corridor from Chengdu to Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, Yangtze River Delta, Pearl River Delta, Beibu Gulf and Yunnan Bridgehead.
Meanwhile, Sichuan will speed up the construction of Chengdu Tianfu International Airport as well as the upgrade and expansion of Shuangliu International Airport.
Total mileage of highways is planed to exceed 9000 kilometers, according to the press conference. (Edited by Niu Huizhe,niuhuizhe@xinhua.org)
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