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    China Transportation - 2007
    http://www.allcountries.org/wfb2007/china/china_transportation.html
    SOURCE: 2007 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

      Airports:
      486 (2006)

      Airports - with paved runways:
      total: 403
      over 3,047 m: 56
      2,438 to 3,047 m: 127
      1,524 to 2,437 m: 138
      914 to 1,523 m: 22
      under 914 m: 60 (2006)

      Airports - with unpaved runways:
      total: 83
      over 3,047 m: 4
      2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
      1,524 to 2,437 m: 13
      914 to 1,523 m: 25
      under 914 m: 39 (2006)

      Heliports:
      32 (2006)

      Pipelines:
      gas 22,664 km; oil 15,256 km; refined products 6,106 km (2006)

      Railways:
      total: 74,408 km
      standard gauge: 74,408 km 1.435-m gauge (19,303 km electrified) (2004)

      Roadways:
      total: 1,870,661 km
      paved: 1,515,797 km (with at least 34,288 km of expressways)
      unpaved: 354,864 km (2004)

      Waterways:
      123,964 km (2003)

      Merchant marine:
      total: 1,723 ships (1000 GRT or over) 21,405,633 GRT/32,411,260 DWT
      by type: barge carrier 2, bulk carrier 387, cargo 695, chemical tanker 45, combination ore/oil 1, container 152, liquefied gas 31, passenger 8, passenger/cargo 83, petroleum tanker 261, refrigerated cargo 30, roll on/roll off 8, specialized tanker 6, vehicle carrier 14
      foreign-owned: 13 (Hong Kong 7, Japan 3, South Korea 2, Norway 1)
      registered in other countries: 1,191 (Bahamas 3, Bangladesh 1, Belize 103, Bolivia 1, Cambodia 128, Cyprus 11, Georgia 2, Honduras 3, Hong Kong 274, India 2, North Korea 1, Liberia 35, Malaysia 1, Malta 14, Mongolia 4, Norway 3, Panama 420, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 103, Sierra Leone 2, Singapore 23, Thailand 1, Tuvalu 23, unknown 33) (2006)

      Ports and terminals:
      Dalian, Guangzhou, Nanjing, Ningbo, Qingdao, Qinhuangdao, Shanghai


      NOTE: The information regarding China on this page is re-published from the 2007 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of China Transportation 2007 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about China Transportation 2007 should be addressed to the CIA.

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