Shanxi Province is located in the middle of China, middle reaches of the Yellow River and to the west of Taihang Mountains, thereby being called Shanxi. Shanxi highways totally reach 1686 kilometers. There are more than 40 air routes from the Taiyuan Airport, which is a type-I airport. Changzhi Airport, Yuancheng Airport and Datong Airport have all been put into operation. complete highway network, including several expressways, has been built, and connects urban and industrial centers with neighboring provinces and national highways; nine trunk railways and numerous feeder lines link Shanxi with national railway arteries the highways in Shanxi form a road network linking all the counties in the province. Major highway, Dayun,Datong-Yuncheng, connects the cities in south and north of the province. The Taiyuan-Jiuguan Expressway, which joins the Beijing-Shijiazhuang expressway and connects Beijing-Tianjin-Tanggu expressway and Beijing-Shenzhen expressway leads to Beijing and the region of Bohai Sea rim directly. In the Tenth Five Year Plan, Shanxi is going to invest more to improve its highway transportation system. The province is aiming to invest at least RMB 10 billion on highway construction by end-2001.
Air Transport － Taiyuan Airport provides civil air service which connects Shanxi with more than 28 major domestic cities including Beijing, Xian, Chengdu and Chongqing. International routes linking Shanxi include Hong Kong, Singapore, Russia and Japan.
