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The driving distance from Shanghai to Ningbo, east China's Zhejiang Province, just got a lot shorter-220 km to be exact. That's because China recently opened the world's longest sea- spanning bridge, the Hangzhou Bay Bridge linking the two cities. In the process it will not only benefit the prosperous Yangtze River Delta, but is also expected to allow cities in southeastern Zhejiang Province to take advantage of the booming economy of Shanghai.