Dear MEL Topic Readers,
Infographic: Take a panoramic tour of Beijing
Daxing International Airport
There are so many “the world’s -est things”
in China. The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway is the world's longest continuous
bridge over water. The Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge is the longest sea bridge
that spans the Pearl River Delta. The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical
radio Telescope is the world's largest filled-aperture radio telescope. Shanghai
Maglev is the fastest train and Fuxing Hao CR400AF/BF is the fastest rail train
in the world.
Now, just a week before its 70th
anniversary of the nation, China opened a new gigantic airport near Beijing. It
sits only 46 kilometers from the Tiananmen Square connected by two train lines
and highway. The starfish-shaped terminal building is packed with state-of-the-art
technologies and gadgets to accommodate the needs and convenience for inbound,
outbound and transit passengers. There are 268 parking bays and four runways when
opened to serve 45 million passengers and will be seven runways for 100 million
by 2030.
What’s amazing is that the airport
construction completed in less than five years! Indeed, China’s scale and speed
in construction and economic growth are both unprecedented in human history.
Enjoy seeing the infographic to learn about this
new world’s largest airport.
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