OREANDA-NEWS. September 02, 2014. The third pipeline of China’s west-to-east gas project finished its western section Monday, it's a major quencher of energy-thirst in the eastern and southern part of the country.

The 2445 kilometre long channel starts from Xin Jiang Uyghur Autonomous Region to Ning Xia Hui Autonomous Region, and fulfils 400 million people’s gas needs.

The middle and eastern sections are already underway and the whole line is expected to complete in 2015, with annual supply of 30 billion cubic meters. West-to-east gas construction is a series of grand pipelines transferring energy from western China and central Asia to East and South China.

Two of the gas pipelines were finished in 2007 and in 2011.