Item from Aug 20, 1989, in China Daily: Haiyin Bridge, the first of its design in China, spans the Pearl River in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province. China has undertaken a number of key port, highway and inland river transport projects during the first half of this year, according to a national forum on improving the transportation network that ended here last Monday.

China plans to build 26 deepwater berths this year ... The country is also seeing its largest investments in highway construction ... Minister of Communications Qian Yongchang said that central and local authorities have allocated 9 billion yuan this year for the projects.

China is accelerating its construction of transport infrastructure, with investment in related projects reaching 1 trillion yuan ($156.3 billion) in the first half of the year, up 10.8 percent year-on-year, according to the National Development and Reform Commission.