A road to Tunjiang Miao Village in southwest China's Guizhou Province was finished in June of 2018 so that local people can travel into or out of the village with ease.
From 2014 to 2016, the road in Shibanhe village was reconstructed into a 4.5-meter-wide cement highway that provides a better link between the village and the national traffic network.
The road network and conditions in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region have been significantly improved, compared with conditions 10 years ago.
At an altitude of over 3,000 meters, the nearly-40-kilometer Shangnan highway is a major road in the county which served a key role in shaking off poverty for local Tibetan herdsmen.
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A 1,526-meter-long road was built along the cliffs to connect isolated Shenlongwan to the outside. The construction of this miraculous road lasted for fifteen years from 1985 to 2000, and was built purely by villagers of Shenlongwan.
Photos taken on May 6, 2018 showed terraced fields and roads in Houchi Village, Handan City of north China's Hebei Province.
More than 83,400 km of roads in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region are regularly maintained, up from some 59,700 km five years ago, local authorities said Thursday.
A 4.5-km rail line has paved the way to wealth for a remote village in east China's Zhejiang Province.
Some aerial photos showed the interchange of Baotou-Maoming expressway and Yongshun-Jishou highway in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, central China's Hunan Province.
Quchi Township in Wushan County, southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, has constructed over 330 km roads at its villages to make it convenient for local people to travel and to develop economy.
In recent years, more roads have been built in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, central China's Hubei Province, to link the villages in remote mountainous areas.
Poor transportation infrastructure has hampered development of many parts of rural China. As the country announced it will eradicate poverty by 2020, central and local governments have spent heavily on rural roads and bridges.
Authorities in Hangzhou have taken the initiative to upgrade the infrastructure of local road network to boost rural economic development.
The Ministry of Transport says it regards the construction of "Sihao Rural Roads" as an important vehicle for completing the building of a moderately prosperous society.
China will promote infrastructure construction as one of the measures for rural revitalization, according to a government work report delivered by Premier Li Keqiang on Monday in Beijing.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in 2012, Xi Jinping has called on government at all levels to ensure rural roads are well-constructed, well-managed, well-maintained and well-operated.
The move to improve rural roads has produced tangible benefits in recent years.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has stressed the significance of construction, maintenance and operation of rural roads in the country's battle against poverty.
