Meanwhile, China will invite open bidding on the project among domestic construction companies to keep corruption and shoddy construction at bay. All spending for the railway project will be borne by the central authorities, Sun said. The Qinghai-Tibet railway will span 1,118 kilometres, and start from Xining, capital of Qinghai Province, and end in Lhasa, capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region. A 564-kilometre section of the railway will be in Qinghai and the other 554 kilometre will lie in Tibet. The railway line between Xining and Golmud, built 10 years ago, is in full operation at present.
China plans to complete the whole project in six years.
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