beijing china capital unveil shin example 80 billion yuan 9.1 billion new airport monday tip become one world large open october 2019 amid massive infrastructure drive oversee president xi jinping representatives show sprawl skeleton beijing new airport make 1.6 million cubic meter concrete 52,000 tonnes steel span total 47 sq km 18 sq miles include runways expect serve initial 45 million passengers year eventual capacity 100 million put par hartsfield-jackson atlanta international airport line together roughly km gate say project spokesman zhu wenxin shin example china national production capacity update airport come rule communist party set open 19th congress late week twice-a-decade leadership event xi consolidate power emphasize successful project policy first five years project break grind 2014 one region large infrastructure investments xi rule plague fear slow economic growth offset slightly construction spree china seek boost profile aviation hub manufacturer recent years country first home-grown passenger jet c919 lift maiden flight may edge multibillion-dollar market currently dominate boeing co airbus se situate 67 km south beijing airport technically fall neighbor hebei province though eventually constitute development zone relieve pressure beijing exist international airport northeast beijing currently world second large passenger volume open new terminal worth 3.6 billion 2.7 billion 2008 ahead beijing summer olympics exist airport continue operate major international flight though third small domestic airport city south close come years two china three major airlines china eastern airlines corp china southern airlines co relocate airport completion account roughly four-fifths new airport total traffic airport connect beijing high speed train top speed 350 km hour well inter-city train major expressway original plan airport make french airports operator aeroports de paris though third-party improvements original version make final design wholly domestic say zhu like large flower make steel say one construction worker site decline share name authorize speak press beijing proudly unveil mega-airport due open 2019