Recent Improvements Which Enable Shanghai Car Owners to Visit Scenic Spots Described Miss A. Viola Smith, US. Trade Commissioner for China' at Shanghai, gave a mest interesting and informa-live address on "Seenle beauty spots within reach of Shanghai motorist to members of the Shanghai Rotary Club, who held their usual timm rethe Metropole Hotel on Thursday.
Introduced by Mr. William 'Vinson Lee, Chairman of the Programme Conimittee, the speaker of the day Pointed out that und recent years China had no system of: nodern roses: rug counterpart to that spleatid system fof ancient courier' routes—10 days) from "Peiping to Canton, with special horse-relay stations, tree linet avenues, ete.
"The Arst modern road in China" said Miss Smith "was built in 1913, from Changsha to Siangtan in Hunan province, as a famine relic? measure. By 1028 40,000 miles of unconnected routes had been built through various agencies. Since June 1952, by. the creation of the Bureau of Roads in the N.E.C. with the assistance of the technical experts of the League of! Nations, these 40,000 miles of unrelated motor roads have been gradually inked into a well defined highway system, as various schemes came into being, e.g. the frst three Three Province' Scheme: the Seven Province Scheme; the Northwest Scheme, Sian to Lanchow, coupled into Szechwan. Kweichow, ete. There is no need 10 dwell upon the great benefits to be derived from the penetration. of China's remote places by modern means of communication fo an. dience such as this: Rather desire to utilize the short time at my. disposal by broadening the horizons of motor tourists.
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