Newly-built expressway passing Hechi opens to traffic

Guilin-Liucheng Expressway has opened to traffic in South China's Guangxi zhuang autonomous region. The main line of the expressway is 95.7 kilometers long. A total of 12.9 billion yuan (about 2.02 billion U.S. dollars) was invested into the construction. 

After the expressway is completed, it will be connected to the already completed Nanning-Liuzhou Expressway, which will become a new high-speed route between Guilin and Nanning, alleviating congestion on the Liuzhou-Nanning Expressway. Meanwhile, the distance between Hechi, Liuchen county in Liuzhou and Guilin will be significantly shortened.

Guangxi is an important border area that connects China with ASEAN countries and plays a key role in the construction of the Belt and Road Initiative. And it has built new expressways that lead to other provinces or neighboring countries over past years.

An aerial view of the Guilin-Liucheng Expressway. [Photo/Hechi Daily]