What will immediately come to mind when you think of China’s infrastructure? You might think of those incredible bridges, high-speed rail, and all those incredible complicated projects.

As China is yet a middle-income economy, its infrastructure is first-rate in the world compared with the wealthiest countries. Why is China able to build so much so fast? And how is China rewriting the development literature and saying on infrastructure?

Watch the video as China Daily reporter Ian Goodrum talks about the issues of infrastructure with Sourabh Gupta, a senior fellow at the Washington-based Institute for China-America Studies.