This aerial photo taken on Nov. 1, 2023 shows a section of the construction site of the Wuxi-Zhenping Expressway in northwest China's Shaanxi Province. (Photo: Xinhua)

China's expressway mileage has expanded to 199,000 km during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025), Vice Minister of Transport Xu Chengguang said at a media conference Tuesday.

Xu noted that China's operating high-speed railway network has exceeded 50,000 km, and the total number of transport airports has reached 270.

China has also established the world's largest postal network in terms of scale and the number of beneficiaries, said Xu.