This large-scale road construction project provided employment and income to a mass population, and for its smooth progression, a major requirement was necessary—ample funds.
Coastal regions definitely had plenty of money.
The federal government greatly valued balanced development; for instance, if gravel roads inland were still unfinished, coastal areas should not start constructing viaducts and highways.
It seemed that once the chemical and mechanical industries in the coastal regions developed, they began to exude a sense of modernization.
Plastics and steel working together could produce some modern items.
When Ma Lin saw a van produced in Dong Zhu City, he felt a surge of emotion.
Even though it looked simple, ugly, shabby, and clumsy, it was indeed a van.
Its movement was slow, rather noisy, and sometimes continuously shaky, but it still ran.
The tricycles looked somewhat similar to those Ma Lin knew from his hometown, with the biggest difference being in size.
