Is this why concrete prices keeps going up?

I know the Chinese like to build big things, but check this out.

A 21-KILOMETER concrete dragon, considered to be the longest in China, is being built by private investors in central China's Henan Province.

The structure will eventually wind its way along the ridge line of the Shizu Mountain in Xinzheng City, according to a local newspaper report yesterday.

Investors are aiming to cash in on the influx of tourists they believe the giant beast will draw.

The dragon's head will be nearly 30 meters tall, and its body will be nine meters high and six meters wide, the report said.

The project is expected to be completed before October 1, 2009, to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.