China industrialization

I googled the following, results from wiki, my summary and discussion:

1. Longest bridges in the world. Of the Top 10, 5 are in CN,  #1 is Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge in CN 164.8 kms long, #10 is Metro Manila Skyway system with 39.8 kms. #11 is US.

Longest sea-crossing bridge in the World is HK-Macau-Zuhai bridge, 55 kms. When the Cavite-Corregidor-Bataan bridge is finished with 32 kms, it will be the 2nd longest in the world.

2. Largest hydro power plants in the world. Of the top 10, 5 are in CN, #1 is Three Gorges Dam (3GD), 22.5 GW. 1 from US, #10 Grand Coulee in the US, 6.8 GW. There are 38 hydro plants that are 3.0 GW or larger, 17 of these from CN, 8 from BR, 4 from RU, 2 each from US and CA.

PH largest hydro plants are CBK in Laguna with 0.8 GW then San Roque in Pangasinan with 0.4 GW.

CN will build an even bigger hydro plant, the Yarlong Zangbo (YZ) project in Tibet, 60 GW or nearly 3x the 3GD which is currently the largest in the world. The YZ is projected to be finished by 2040, or 15 years construction. Construction of 3GD was 20 years, 1992-2012.

3. Longest road tunnels in the world. Of the top 10, 4 are in CN. #1 is Lærdal Tunnel in Norway, 24.5 kms. There are 443 tunnels that are 5.0 kms or longer, zero from the US, more than half from CN alone.

In terms of hard infra, CN is a powerhouse, US is far 2nd or 3rd. Which speaks of countries’  backward linkages – manufacturing and production of huge volume of cement, steel, cables, etc. US is good in services like Hollywood movies, NBA, Amazon deliveries etc. But US is far behind CN in industry and manufacturing.

Now Kennon road going to Baguio is closed again to vehicles after a week+ of rains, a number of landslides, rockslides that block the road or slice the road. If you build tunnels across hills and mountains, no danger of landslides. Only possibility of tunnel collapse during earthquakes but it's an eng'g problem with eng'g solution, the strength and stability of tunnels against strong earthquakes.

The longest tunnel I saw in Hebei province was 5+ kms. 2 tubes meaning the other side is separated by a wall, 1 tube is 2 lanes. Well paved, well lighted, and there is internet even in the middle of long tunnels, I could send messages and photos while our van was inside that tunnel.

Very mature eng'g skills, high prodn volume of cement, steel, electrical cables, etc needed to build long tunnels, and hundreds of long tunnels. CN has such capacity no other country can do, not even the US, JP, UK, DE, FR, etc.