Director

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  장 잔보Zhang Zanbo

  The Interceptor from My Hometown (2011)A Song of Love, Maybe (2010)Falling From the Sky (2009) Along with China’s rapid economic growth, in the past ten years, China has built more than 70,000 kilometers of new highways, making the total length 120,000 kilometers, the first place in the world. ‘China Miracle’ and ‘China Speed’ have caught the attention of the world again. For the government, this is great achievement, splendid glory, and symbol of modernization, marking that China has entered an age of high-speed development. How these roads were built? What are the untold stories behind the magical development?I went to a highway construction site in early 2010 in search of an answer to my questions. At that time, the Chinese government was implementing its RMB¥ 4 trillion (US$ 586 billion) plan to pull up domestic demand and stimulate economy. Infrastructure including road construction has accounted a big percentage of investment. A new round of highway construction came like a ferocious tide. With this grand historical background, I spent almost four years documenting the complete process of one section of a highway built out of nothing in a small village, with close-up focus on intense changes that had been brought to the fate of individuals in this process, and detailed demonstration of problems and prices of a nation’s development. I’m trying to raise people’s reflection over our living condition and future progress from both macro and micro perspectives. So I hope ‘the road’ is not only meaning a road, but also referring to the road China chose for its growth. I wish that The Road would be a fable of our time on China’s development path.