After the completion of this expressway, the distance from Kunming to Lincang will be shortened from 530 kilometers to 425 kilometers, and the driving time to Lincang will be shortened from the current 8 hours to 4 hours. Duan Xueneng, deputy director of Lincang Transportation Bureau, said that according to the plan, Yulin Expressway will be completed and opened to traffic in 2020, which will greatly shorten the distance from Kunming to Lincang and integrate into the four-hour economic circle connecting Kunming.
Development of Traffic Network of Yuxin Expressway
The lagging infrastructure in Lincang is the biggest bottleneck and shortcoming that restricts the development of Lincang. In 20 15, the provincial party Committee and government took Qingshuihe port in Mengding, Lincang as one of the "five exit" international passages for Yunnan railways and expressways, and planned to leave from Kunming to Lincang, from Mengding Qingshuihe port in Lincang, and then through Lashou-Mandalay-Magway-Kyaukphyu, Myanmar.
The general idea of building a large corridor connecting domestic and foreign land links in the Bay of Bengal in the Indian Ocean. Yang Haodong, Deputy Secretary of Lincang Municipal Committee and Mayor, expressed his opinions at the forum of "Opening wider to the outside world and entering Lincang". In the past, the disadvantages along the border of Lincang are turning into the advantages of opening to the outside world.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Yulin Expressway