--FILE--paysages du Beijing-Xinjiang Jingxin (autoroute) à Hami, nord-ouest de la Chine, la Région autonome du Xinjiang Uygur, 28 octobre 2017. Au nord-ouest
--FILE--Scenery of the Jingxin (Beijing-Xinjiang) Expressway in Hami, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, 28 October 2017. Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region spent 201.5 billion yuan (31.3 billion U.S. dollars) on building or improving roads in 2017 as the region strives to become a transportation hub on the Silk Road Economic Belt. More than 183 km of new expressways, 1, 404 km of national or regional highways, and 28, 400 km of rural roads have been built. And roads in 200 townships, and 1, 900 villages have been improved, benefiting about 3.5 million people, the regional transport department said on Tuesday (16 January 2018). By the end of last year, the total length of roads in Xinjiang reached 186, 000 km, with 4, 578 km of expressways. Fourteen cities in the region have been connected with expressways.
