A dataset of China’s overseas highway project information from 2006 to 2019

Since the “Belt and Road Initiative” initiative, China's overseas highway projects have developed rapidly. Highway construction is the leading carrier for the construction of other projects. It is vital to the construction of other supporting facilities, and at the same time it can stimulate economic growth along the region and narrow the gap between regions. Development gap. However, there are currently few statistics on highway projects outside China, and there is a lack of statistics and positioning data for the “Belt and Road Initiative” highway project. This dataset uses web crawler technology, various corporate official website consultation reports, and OSM (open street map) and DIVA-GIS road data sources to collect and organize information on 99 highway projects in 51 countries, including the project location and construction of highway projects. 13 basic information such as start time, route length, construction unit and cooperation mode. The collection of road information is not only conducive to enterprises to strengthen communication, formulate more international norms, rationally carry out investment in overseas highway projects, and has positive significance for the overall planning and layout of China's “Belt and Road Initiative” overseas highway project.