China is building 8 new airports every year

Aug 24, 2018

Passengers look at screens displaying flight information regarding delayed or cancelled flights at Beijing airport January 3, 2010. Heavy snow hit Beijing on Sunday stranding thousands of passengers at the Chinese capital's main airport and casting an unusual quiet over normally busy streets as people stayed out of the freezing weather. REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA - Tags: SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT TRANSPORT)

To cope with the surge in passengers, China plans to build 74 new civil airports by 2020. Image: REUTERS/David Gray

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