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

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

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