The Shanghai-Chengdu Expressway is a key transport corridor stretching 1,966 kilometers from Shanghai and China's coast in the east to Chengdu in the country's west.

It passes through the provinces of Jiangsu, Anhui, Hubei and Sichuan, and the giant municipalities of Shanghai and Chongqing. The expressway has provided a vital route via which the complete value chain of China's automobile industry has thrived. From power batteries, steel manufacturing, imports and exports to autonomous driving and fully automated production lines, the Shanghai-Chengdu Expressway has got it all. Let's take a look.