108 giant Chinese infrastructure projects that are reshaping the world

Beijing, Sept 9 : The Chinese have built the world's longest sea bridge, the world's longest gas pipeline and an incredible high-speed railway. Here have a look at some of the most awesome projects that the Chinese have built in recent years.From highways spanning the continent, to the largest wind power base in the world, to a modern Silk Road that links Europe and India, to new cities in the desert,China is showing what it really means to do big things.$102 MILLION: The Pingtang telescope will be the worlds largest radio telescope when completed in 2016$176 MILLION: Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory conducts China's major scientific projects and is the country's most expensive research facility$200 MILLION: The Guangzhou Opera House is one of the three biggest theaters in China, designed by architect Zaha Hadid$368 MILLION: The Hainan power grid project is China's first underwater cross sea power grid and will link the southern island of Hainan to mainland China$473 MILLION: The Qinling Tunnel is the longest highway tunnel in China$717 MILLION: The Kashgar-Hotan Railway connects all the cities and towns of the southwestern Tarim Basin$760 MILLION: China Central TV Headquarters is a loop of six horizontal and vertical sections covering 1,551,837 ft.$900 MILLION: The Tianhuangping hydroelectric project is the biggest in Asia and plays a vital role in providing power supply in eastern China$1.1 BILLION: The Shanghai World Financial Center Project is home to the second highest hotel in the world - the Park Hyatt Shanghai is on the 79th floor$1.3 BILLION: The Baltic Pearl Project is China's largest foreign development project and consists of residential and commercial properties outside St. Petersburg, Russia$1.7 BILLION: The Wuhan Tianxingzhou Yangtze River Bridge is a combined road and rail bridge across the Yangtze River in the city of Wuhan$1.7 BILLION: The Nanjing Metro Line was completed in 2005 and is used by almost 180 million people a year$1.8 BILLION: The Shanghai Yangtze River Tunnel and Bridge is the fifth longest cable-stayed bridge in the world$1.9 BILLION: The Chengdu Shuangliu Airport will handle 35 million passengers annually$2.12 BILLION: The Wuhan Railway Station serves the world's fastest trains at 217 mph$2.2 BILLION: At 128 stories, The Shanghai Tower will be the tallest skyscraper in China and the second tallest in the world when completed in 2014$2.2 BILLION: The Qinshan Nuclear Power Phase II will add to the Qinshan plant and have the most nuclear reactors of any site in the world$2.88 BILLION: The Hongyanhe Nuclear Power Plant is the first nuclear power station in northeastern China and will reach 45 billion kWh annually