Why building roads will increase GDP

There are several reasons:

1. Road construction plays a prominent role in promoting national economic growth. Economists have calculated that an increase of RMB 100 million in road construction investment can create an average of more than 1,900 jobs, increase steel consumption by 950 tons, cement consumption by 10,750 tons, and asphalt consumption by 1,300 tons. This shows that road construction can produce direct economic benefits.

2. Road construction can not only solve the problems of transportation development itself, but more importantly, it can promote the development of more than 40 related industries, thereby expanding domestic demand, stimulating the growth of the entire national economy, and promoting the increase of labor employment. .

3. my country’s road construction has made great progress, but it is still far from enough. At present, the United States has formed a road network of 7.7 million kilometers, while our country only has 1.28 million kilometers, and there is an even shortage of highways. Accelerating highway construction will surely build good logistics channels and greatly promote the development of our country's economy.

4. During a period when economic development is slowing down, increasing infrastructure construction can stimulate economic development to a certain extent.