IN VIDEO: The 60,000 km path to discovery

视频中的60,000公里探索之旅

Round Table China

2026-09-09

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China's highways were once built for function alone. But a new 60,000-kilometer national plan is now tailoring routes specifically for road trips, threading together the Great Wall, the Yellow and Yangtze rivers, and dozens of World Heritage sites into one immersive network. Rest stops are becoming cultural outposts, and overlooks invite quiet reflection, turning the journey into something far more than just a way to get somewhere. / In a relationship, we used to know what crossed the line. Now it is a hidden text, a dating app you are still on, or a friend your partner has never heard of. A new survey of 2,000 people reveals just how blurry the boundaries have become (38:21). On the show: Steve, Yushan & Yangyang
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  • Basically, you can understand it as a new highway network here in China that we're mapping out nationwide.

  • And it's roughly 60,000 kilometers long, adding up together.

  • Three loops east to west and then north to south.

  • So it would look like a dartboard.

  • When you've got people have a lot of cars and when you've got people have time,

  • you also have this kind of existing road network.

  • I think road trip is just a natural thing to happen.

  • Discussion keeps the world turning.

  • This is Roundtable.

  • China just introduced something very new.

  • This is a huge, huge network of roads, up to 60,000 kilometers, as a matter of fact,

  • that include a lot of different loops and corridors,

  • and it's a way to get from point A to point B to point C,

  • D, E, F, G all around the country.

  • It's called the Implementation Plan for High-Quality Self-Drive Tourism Highways, and it's a direct response.

  • It's a big bet on something already happening here in the country, and that's road trips.

  • The way that people love to spend their time during vacation.

  • We'll get to the details, Yushan, but we have to welcome Yang Yang to the first video podcast of Roundtable.

  • It's such a pleasure to be here.

  • And talking with you guys in front of the cameras.