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China proposes stronger infrastructure in ASEAN

Xinhua, September 18, 2015 Adjust font size:

Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli on Friday proposed faster construction of major infrastructure in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

China and the ASEAN signed a guideline on infrastructure construction in 2011 and China is willing to enhance planning and unify technological systems to speed up the construction of major projects, especially backbone highways, Zhang said while addressing the 12th China-ASEAN Expo which opened on Friday in Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

He urged construction of highways and railroads linking west China and countries including Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore.

China is also willing to work with the ASEAN to build the China-ASEAN Information Harbor to improve information infrastructure and boost cooperation along the Mekong River to boost sub-regional sustainable development, Zhang said.

The harbor initiative is an economic and technological cooperation project. Endi