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China plans urban utilities tunnels

Xinhua, July 31, 2015 Adjust font size:

China is planning to have established a network of urban tunnels to hold pipelines for public utilities ranging from electricity, gas, water to telecommunications by 2020.

The nationwide project is likely to be written into China's 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-2020) for development, which is set to be discussed in October, said Lu Kehua, deputy minister of housing and urban-rural development, on Friday.

Better urban underground infrastructure will stimulate investment, improve supply of public goods and drive urbanization, according to a statement released after an executive meeting of the State Council presided over by Premier Li Keqiang on Wednesday. Endi