THE government has approved construction plans for a high-speed railway project worth 42.7 billion yuan (US$6.7 billion), China’s top economic planner said in a statement yesterday.

    The high-speed railway will run through central Henan Province and eastern Anhui Province. The government has approved billions of dollars in infrastructure projects in recent months to stem a sharp economic slowdown. The government has been particularly keen to promote projects in the less-developed western part of the country.(SD-Agencies)