China's Inner Mongolia to invest 32 bln yuan in highway construction

North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region announced Friday it plans to invest 32 billion yuan (about 4.52 billion U.S. dollars) in 93 highway construction projects this year.

These projects, with a total investment of 187.6 billion yuan, consist of 17 expressway projects with a construction scale of 1,959 km, and 76 national and provincial trunk highway projects with a construction scale of 6,410 km.

More than 20,000 workers have resumed work in 66 projects in the region as of Thursday.