Construction of China's longitudinal artery optical fiber line
linking Beijing to Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong
Province, is gathering pace, as the longest section in the first
phase of the project kicked off Wednesday in central China's
Hunan Province.
The networking
system which extends through six provinces is expected to
cost some 937 million yuan. Its construction undergoes two
phases.
The first phase
was scheduled to be finished by in the first half of this
year, when 2,911-km optical fiber line is laid.
The optical network
built with the world's most advanced silicon-core technology
can accommodate some 100 million people on line simultaneously,
or enable millions of net surfers to browse on-line movie
channels.
The Hunan section
will be about 717 kilometers. So far, some 280 million yuan
of investment has been put in place. Hunan Telecom will help
finance another 85 million yuan to ensure the section completed
and ready for testing by June 15.
The optical system
will constitute the framework of the country's information
highway construction in the 10th Five-Year Plan Period (2001-2005).
(People's Daily
02/22/2001)
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