Since 2026, China has continuously increased effective investment in rural transportation infrastructure, solidly promoted a new round of upgrading rural roads, and continuously improved and optimized the rural road network system.

The third-class highway from Wenggako Town to Lisuo Lahu Township, Ximeng Wa Autonomous County, Pu'er City, Yunnan Province, is fully promoting pavement construction. This highway has a total length of over 37 kilometers and is an important transportation artery connecting two towns. The project is planned to be completed and opened to traffic by the end of 2025, which will greatly improve the travel environment for nearly 20000 people along the route. The construction of rural roads focuses on improving quality, long-term management and maintenance, and achieving all-round development of construction, management, maintenance and operation. At present, a rural road renovation project that has been in use for 14 years in Huinong District, Shizuishan City, Ningxia is entering the final stage, and construction personnel are carrying out road marking and other finishing operations in an orderly manner.

In order to broaden the employment and income growth path for villagers, since 2026, Datong Hui and Tu Autonomous County in Xining City, Qinghai Province has actively recruited more than 400 local residents to participate in rural road construction and maintenance work, helping them find employment locally and achieving a labor income increase of nearly 5 million yuan. Keywords: highways, well-developed road network, transportation

According to the latest statistics of the Ministry of Transport, in the first four months of 2026, the fixed assets investment in rural roads across the country will reach 82.11 billion yuan, 16000 kilometers of rural roads will be newly rebuilt, 26000 kilometers of rural road maintenance projects will be completed, and the rural road management and maintenance industry will steadily provide about 800000 jobs.Editor/Gong Ziwei