毕业英文文献翻译bridge桥.doc

河北农业大学现代科技学院 毕业英文文献翻译 题 目：Bridge 学 部： 工程技术学部 专业班级： 土木0603班 学 号： 2006614100322 学生姓名： 周炯 指导教师姓名： 宇云飞 指导教师职称： 副教授 二〇一〇年五月二十一日 The Road of China ABSTRACT Key words: express way, In 1981,China had only 17,500km of road, 400km of motorway and 4,000km of highway and 2,300km of regional road. Around 75% of these roads were paved. By the end of 1922, these figures had changed dramatically, with the total being over a million kilometers of highways. Of this, 926,452km were paved(92%), linking all the major towns in the country, with the exception of Motuo in Tibet. Present figures indicate that more than 70% of villages and towns are now connected to the highway network. Four major highways link Lhasa with Sichun, Xinjiang, Qinghai Hu and Kathmandu (Nepal). A programme of expressway building began in the mid 1980s and by 1993 there were more than 522km of these high speed links, including Shenyang to Dalian, Beijing to Tanggu, Shanghai to Jiading, Guangzhou to Foshan and Xi’an to Linton. So who is using these road? The general public’s impression of China is people on bicycles, but this is now changing. Since 1977 , the number of privately-owned passenger cars has increased by over 4,000% to 2.3mil. and the number of commercial vehicles produced has increased from 328,000 to nearly 500,000. As with most products, the demand for an increased number of better quality roads drives the supply, and the upwardly mobile Chinese, as well as industry, are forcing investment in a better and much more comprehensive infrastructure system. The Chinese government has recognized the need for investment in infrastructure and finance minister Liu Zhongli has announced that more than $500bil. will be allocated to the infrastructure over the next decade, “We need to raise funds internationally, either through bond issues or through loans provided by international financial institutions and foreign governments”. China is definite