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2020-12-22 08:00:24 GMT2020-12-22 16:00:24(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
BEIJING, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) China is making steady progress from a follower to a leader in transport technology, a white paper released Tuesday says.
China possesses self-developed core technologies, and has made major breakthroughs in transport infrastructure and equipment, according to the white paper titled Sustainable Development of Transport in China .
The following are some world-leading mega-projects and technologies listed by the white paper: China leads the world in technology for railways at high altitudes and in extremely low temperatures, and for high-speed and heavy-haul railways. It has solved the most challenging technical problems confronting highway construction in difficult geological conditions such as plateau permafrost, expansive soil, and desert. It also leads in core technologies for building deep-water offshore ports, improving massive estuary and long waterways, and build