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China plans to build 97 new airports by 2020, a move that will cater to soaring air travel demand and alleviate the strain on existing aviation infrastructure.
China's General Administration of Civil Aviation said the USS$89 billion undertaking over the next 12 years will bring the total number of civilian airports in China to 244, up from 147 in 2006.
The new airports will be built in five main regions of the country - north, east, south-central, south-western and north-western.
When the expansion is complete, it would mean that 82 percent of China's population - expected to hit 1.45 billion people by 2020 - would be living within 100km - or a 90-minute drive - of an airport.
Currently, about 60 percent of the country's 1.3 billion people live within this range.
The General Administration predicts freight traffic will rise by 14 percent annually.
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