(Yicai Global) Dec. 26 -- China expects to invest a total CNY3.2 trillion (USd459 billion) in fixed transport assets this year, a CNY30 billion gain from last year, the Ministry of Transport said at a meeting in Beijing today.

The country will have built 8,000 kilometers of new tracks, 330,000 kilometers of new highways, 385 kilometers of high-grade waters and five new civil airports by the end of the year, it added.

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