Despite these constraints, China does in fact have an impressive transportation infrastructure already, and China's rankings relative to the rest of the world in various transportation infrastructure categories is provided in Table 1 below. Table 1 Current Status of China's Transportation Infrastructure Infrastructure Category Statistics/Current Status World Rank Airports 15 Railways 77,834 km 3 Roadways 3,583,715 km (includes 53,913 km of expressways) 2 Waterways 110,000 km navigable 1 Merchant marine 1,826 3 Ports and terminals Dalian, Guangzhou, Ningbo, Qingdao, Qinhuangdao, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Tianjin (see map at Appendix a) Source: China, 2010 The

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