Beijing, July 31 (IANS): China is planning to establish by 2020 a network of urban tunnels to hold pipelines for public utilities ranging from electricity, gas and water to telecommunications.
The nationwide project is likely to be written into China's 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-2020) for development, which is set to be discussed in October, said Lu Kehua, deputy minister of housing and urban-rural development, on Friday.
Better urban underground infrastructure will stimulate investment, improve supply of public goods and drive urbanisation, Xinhua news agency reported.