Many new urban centers are springing up across central China. Daojiang is 500 kilometers (311 miles) from China's southern central manufacturing belt, but local government officials aim to double the size of the town to attract new business. By 2012, three new highways will connect Dao County to the east and south coasts, as well as to Inner Mongolia in the north. The first rail line through Dao opened last year, connecting it to Luoyang in the north and Zhanjiang on the south coast.