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| | China's planned national highway system - Asia Finest Discussion Forum |
 | | Efforts to impose a national gasoline tax to finance construction of the tollways met with opposition and it has been very difficult for both the Communist Party of China and the State Council to pass such a tax through the National People's Congress of China. |
 | | On January 13, 2005, it was announced by Zhang Chunxian, minister of communications, that China will build a network of 85,000 km expressways over the next three decades, connecting cities with a population of over 200,000. |
 | | So far, 29,000 km have been built, 16,000 km are under construction and 40,000 km are yet to be built, with 32,000 km to be built in central and western regions. |
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