A laborer works inside a metro construction site in Shanghai in this file photo. China will invest a similar amount next year on transportation infrastructure as it did in 2017, with projects to include 5,000 km of new expressways, People’s Daily reported. The planned investments, which also include the renovation of 216,000 km of roads and increasing volumes at China’s container ports by more than 15 percent, were outlined at a Ministry of Transport conference. SD-Agencies