Dutch mail company TNT NV said on Wednesday it will expand its Asia Road Network into China, which will become operational early 2008.

The Asia Road Network connects to TNT's international express network in China. Linking it to TNT's Chinese domestic network will be a next step.

"TNT thus becomes the first integrator in Asia to operate an integrated road network linking over 120 cities in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indochina and China across 4,000 kilometres," the firm said in a statement.