New highway under construction in China's largest desert
STORY: New highway under construction in China's largest desert
DATELINE: May 11, 2022
LENGTH: 00:01:12
LOCATION: URUMQI, China
CATEGORY: SOCIETY
SHOTLIST:
1. various of workers building a road in the mobile desert
2. various of the Taklimakan Desert
STORYLINE:
Dozens of bulldozers are flattening the towering sand dunes into a roadbed in the Taklimakan Desert in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
The construction work of the highway, which extends 151 km, began on Feb. 26 this year.
It is expected to open to traffic in October 2023.
So far, several roads have opened to traffic in deserts in Xinjiang, facilitating travel and boosting local economic development.
Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Urumqi, China.
(XHTV)
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