In 2004, China State Council approved a 7918 Network plan, in which 7 radial
(from Beijing), 9 vertical (north–south) and 18 horizontal (east–west) roads will be
constructed. The plan will extend the road network from 1.9 to 3 million kilometers
and the expressways from 34 K to 85 K kilometers by 2020. It will cover
most areas of China, whose population is one billion. The plan will connect all the
provincial capitals, large cities with a population over 500,000 and medium-sized
cities over 200,000. We expect that this plan will have a great impact on China’s
logistics, as well as on business, defense and security.