According to incomplete statistics from the Infrastructure Express big data: in May, 13 major national infrastructure projects broke ground, including 7 highway projects, 2 municipal road projects, 2 airport projects, 1 railway project, and 1 subway project, with a cumulative amount exceeding 58.9 billion yuan! The specific projects that broke ground are as follows:

Highway

Henan: Zhengzhou-Nanyang Expressway Zhengzhou-Xuchang Section

Start date: May 31, 2023

Total investment: 13.3 billion yuan

Project overview: The project has a total length of 64.309 kilometers, passing mainly through Guancheng District of Zhengzhou City, Xinzheng City, Changge City of Xuchang City, and Jian'an District. It adopts a two-way six-lane construction standard, with a total of 1 viaduct, 1 extra-large bridge, and 11 interchange overpasses along the entire line.

Investors: Henan Provincial Transportation Development Group Co., Ltd.; consortium members: Shandong Luqiao Group Co., Ltd., China Construction Seventh Engineering Division Corp. Ltd., Zhejiang Communications Construction Group Co., Ltd., Henan Provincial Transportation Planning and Design Institute Co., Ltd.

Hebei: Qintang Expressway Tanggang to Jijin Boundary Section, and Chicao Expressway Jingha to Qintang Expressway Section Project

Start date: May 29, 2023

Total investment: 11.38 billion yuan

Project overview: The Qintang Expressway Tanggang to Jijin Boundary Section project starts from the Tanggang Expressway on the south side of Wangjialingtuo, connects seamlessly with the Tangshan section of the Qintang Expressway under construction, and links with the Bintang Expressway planned for construction by Tianjin Municipality, with a total length of 44.7 kilometers and an expected completion and opening to traffic in 2026. The Chicao Expressway Jingha to Qintang Expressway Section project starts from the Zhenzizhen interchange of the Jingha Expressway and ends at the Tangqin Expressway interchange, with a total length of approximately 27.6 kilometers.

Franchise project package investors: China Railway Construction Kunlun Investment Group Co., Ltd., China Railway 16th Bureau Group Co., Ltd., China Railway 17th Bureau Group Co., Ltd., China Railway 22nd Bureau Group Co., Ltd., China Railway First Survey and Design Institute Group Co., Ltd., Tangshan Highway Construction General Company

Zhejiang: Chun'an to Jiangshan Highway Quzhou City Kecheng District Qili to Shiliang Section Highway Project

Start date: May 8, 2023

Total investment: 970 million yuan

Project overview: The project starts at the reconstruction and construction road entrance of Siqiao Reservoir in Shiliang Town, passes through Shuangxi Village of Shiliang Town, Qili San Village and Datou Village of Qili Township, and ends at the Qili connecting line of the Hangxinjing Expressway in Shangcun of Qili Township. The main line has a total length of approximately 10.4 kilometers, with a total investment of approximately 970 million yuan, and a construction period from 2023 to 2025.

SG winning bidder: China Construction Road and Bridge Group Co., Ltd.

Construction supervision: Zhejiang Tongqu Engineering Management Co., Ltd.

Sichuan: National Highway 528 Longquan West Street to Lanju Section Reconstruction Project

Start date: May 9, 2023

Total investment: 2.424 billion yuan

Project overview: The route has a total length of approximately 19.15 kilometers, of which the main line has a total length of approximately 15.93 kilometers. It starts at Lixiafan of Xijie Subdistrict, passes through Hecun Village, Mifengling and Dawang of Lanju Township, and ends at Dutian Village of Lanju Township. The connecting line has a total length of approximately 3.22 kilometers, starting at Mifengling, intersecting at grade with the main line of National Highway 528, and ending at the current Jianchuan Avenue where it connects seamlessly with Longquan Railway Station.

Winning bidder for Section TJ01: Zhejiang Construction Investment Transportation Infrastructure Construction Group Co., Ltd.

Shandong: Jinan City Gongye North Road Expressway East Extension (Guodian Interchange to Dazheng Road) Road Construction Project

Start date: May 11, 2023

Total investment: 10.544 billion yuan

Project overview: The project is located in Licheng District and Jinan High-tech Zone of Jinan City, starting from the current western end of the Gongye North Road viaduct (west of Guodian Interchange) in the west and extending east to east of Dazheng Road, with a total length of approximately 12.5 km. A total of 7 pairs of entrances and exits are set up along the entire line, serving Tianji Road, Jiaxuan Road, Chunxuan Road, Chunhui Road, and Chunbo Road respectively; 2 interchanges are reserved, namely the Tianji Road Interchange and the Chunhui Road Interchange.

PPP winning bidder: China Railway 14th Bureau Group Co., Ltd. (lead party), China Railway Construction Kunlun Investment Group Co., Ltd. (member 1), China Railway Construction Ecological Environment Co., Ltd. (member 2), China Railway Construction Investment Fund Management Co., Ltd. (member 3)

Henan: S228 Sheqi to Nanyang First-Class Highway Reconstruction and Expansion Project

Start date: May 15, 2023

Total investment: 580 million yuan

Project overview: The Sheqi section of the project starts from the Tanghe Bridge in Sheqi County town, runs west along Weisan Road, passes through Panhe Subdistrict, Zhaohe Subdistrict, Dafengying Town, and Qiaotou Town, and enters Wancheng District to the west, with a total length of 16.1 kilometers. It adopts the first-class highway technical standard, two-way six lanes, with a total investment of approximately 580 million yuan.

Section 1: China Railway 11th Bureau Group Co., Ltd.

Section 2: Henan Runnan Landscape Construction Co., Ltd.

Section 3: Henan Fangqiu Construction Engineering Co., Ltd.

Section 4: Henan Xingrui Construction Co., Ltd.

Section 5: Henan Zhongyuan Jiebang Construction Engineering Co., Ltd.

Section 6: Henan Tongtai Construction Engineering Co., Ltd.

Section 7: Chaojie Renhe Environmental Industry Group Co., Ltd.

Section 8: Henan Jinshengyuan Construction Co., Ltd.

Section 9: Yunnan Weide Engineering Supervision Co., Ltd.

Anhui: Bengbu Binhe South Road Phase III (Weisi Road-Xincheng Road)

Start date: May 20, 2023

Total investment: 1.1 billion yuan

Project overview: This project is an east-west urban secondary trunk road with a total length of approximately 4.8 km and two-way six lanes. According to the planned route scheme, the affected scope of this section of Binhe South Road includes but is not limited to Chaoyang Road, Shengping Street, Zhihuai Road, Yan'an Road, Jiaotong Road, Jiefang Second Road, Jiefang Road, Diti Road, and Diding Road, involving three administrative regions: Bengshan District, Longzihu District, and Yuhui District.

Winning bidder for the Jiefang First Road-Xincheng Road section: Anhui Zhongxu Environmental Construction Co., Ltd.

Sichuan: National Highway 664 Daocheng County Shangri-La to Geka (Sichuan-Yunnan Boundary) Section Reconstruction Project

Start date: May 25, 2023

Total investment: 1.51 billion yuan

Project overview: The project starts at Shangri-La Town of Daocheng County, passes through Rencun Village, Echucun Village, Kasicun Village, and Geka Township, and ends at Sizigong Village (Sichuan-Yunnan boundary), with a total length of 57.3 kilometers. The project will upgrade and improve the roads along the route and build a new 4.84-kilometer Echushan Tunnel.

Winning bidder: Sichuan Road and Bridge Construction Group Co., Ltd.

Liaoning: National Highway 202 Fushun Urban Section Relocation (East Ring) Project

Start date: May 31, 2023

Total investment: 530 million yuan

Project overview: The project starts at Zhanghan Village, Zhangdang Subdistrict, Dongzhou District, Fushun City, at maintenance stake number K1231+540 of National Highway 202, and ends at Guankou Village, Nianpan Township, Dongzhou District, at the intersection of Shenhuan Line and Fujin Line, at maintenance stake number K10+988 of Shenhuan Line. The route has a total length of 8.9 kilometers, including 7.35 kilometers of newly built section and 1.55 kilometers utilizing the Zhangdang Bridge section.

Winning bidder: China Communications Road and Bridge Construction Co., Ltd.

Airport

Shanxi: Taiyuan Wusu International Airport Phase III Expansion Project T3 Terminal Building Project

Start date: May 9, 2023

Total investment: 3.7 billion yuan

Project overview: Located east of the existing T2 terminal building, with a construction area of approximately 400,000 square meters, it adopts a three-finger-corridor configuration of "large harbor + three channels." The terminal building has a height of approximately 43.7 meters (highest point of the roof), a total length of approximately 1,497 meters, a main building facade width of approximately 342 meters and a depth of approximately 120 meters, a central finger corridor 256 meters long and 50 meters wide, and vertical finger corridors on the east and west sides approximately 225 meters long and approximately 40 meters wide. The project is designed for an annual passenger throughput of 40 million person-times and an annual cargo and mail throughput of 300,000 tons.

Winning bidder: A consortium led by Shanxi Construction Investment Group, composed of Beijing Urban Construction Group, China Construction Eighth Engineering Division, and Shanxi Third Construction Group

Fujian: Fuzhou Changle International Airport Phase II Expansion Project Airport Project Terminal Area Project

Start date: May 25, 2023

Total investment: 6.092 billion yuan

Project overview: The project has a total construction area of approximately 480,000 square meters and plans to build T2 terminal building, a consolidated transportation center, a parking building, as well as elevated and above-ground road systems, ancillary facilities, and municipal engineering. Upon completion, it can reach a passenger throughput of 36 million person-times, a cargo and mail throughput of 450,000 tons, and 277,000 aircraft movements.

Winning bidder: China Construction Eighth Engineering Division Corp. Ltd. (consortium members: China Construction Third Engineering Bureau Group Co., Ltd., China Construction Fourth Engineering Division Corp. Ltd., Xiamen Jian'an Group Co., Ltd., China Construction Third Engineering Bureau South China Co., Ltd., China Construction Strait Construction and Development Co., Ltd., China Construction Eighth Engineering Division General Contracting Construction Co., Ltd., China Construction Fourth Engineering Division Construction and Development Co., Ltd.)

Railway/Rail Transit

Inner Mongolia: Taixi Railway (Taipusi Banner Section) Construction Project Civil Engineering

Start date: May 19, 2023

Project overview: The Taipusi Banner section of the Taixi Railway starts in the south at DK172+373 meters and exits in the north at DK181+492 meters, with a total length of 9.916 kilometers, all newly built, with a design speed of 160 kilometers per hour, passing through four administrative villages: Xishanpo, Touhao, Silian, and Muchang of Qianjingou Town. The center mileage of the railway station is DK175+550, and the station yard is designed as a two-platform, three-track station type, with 3 arrival-departure tracks, and an effective length of 650 meters for arrival-departure tracks.

Construction unit: China Railway Electrification Bureau

Winning bid price: 2.838 billion yuan

Shanghai Line 13 East Extension Project

Start date: May 28, 2023

Total investment: 3.964 billion yuan

Project overview: The Line 13 East Extension Project has a total length of 4.52 kilometers and adopts underground laying. It starts at the eastern end of Zhangjiang Road of the already-built Phase III Project of Line 13 and ends at Shanghai Integrated Circuit Design Industrial Park. The east extension has two underground stations along the entire line, namely Gaoke Middle Road Station and Dangui Road Station.

Winning bidder: Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Rail Transit Design and Research Institute, Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co., Ltd.