China will launch a new round of the Yangtze River "golden waterway" Building

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China's Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Finance and the seven provinces along the Yangtze River on the 25th second in Hefei City, co-signed a joint development of the "golden waterway" of the agreement.

Transport Minister Li Shenglin that, as the expansion of domestic demand, an important measure to deal with one crisis, the state will be building a resource-saving and environment-friendly society the general requirements of the Yangtze River to launch a new round to promote the "golden waterway" building, the promotion of river economic development and social sciences. >>> Full text

    What are the advantages of the Yangtze golden waterway

Yangtze River shipping is rich in resources, transport miles long, navigable capacity, inland water transport system in our country occupies an extremely important position. Dry tributaries of navigable mileage more than 65,000 km, accounting for a total mileage of the National Inland Navigation of 53%. In our country, "the two vertical cross a network of 18 two-line" flight path planning in high-grade, the Yangtze River has "one of a longitudinal cross a network of 10 lines."

    Enhance the depth of the Yangtze golden waterway, "the final 100 kilometers," the closing sprint

From May 1 onwards, the lower reaches of the Yangtze River in Nanjing to Wuhu Yangtze River 100 kilometers above the maintenance of channel depth of the minimum 6.5 Abulimiti from 9.0 meters up to the highest, 10,000-ton into the next round can be a one-stop Jianghai major ports reached the province. This indicates that the Yangtze River Waterway Route 2688 kilometers to maintain water depth of the work completed to upgrade the "last 100 kilometers," "Yangtze golden waterway," the shipping potential will be further play.

    Li Shenglin: to promote the building of golden waterway of Yangtze River Valley Economic Development Service

Yangtze River is China's largest rivers, the main stream flows through seven provinces and two municipalities, water is rich in resources, with the development of favorable conditions for inland navigation. Yangtze River Basin Integrated Water transport is an important component of the system, for a long time for the basin's economic and social development played an important role. To better implement the scientific development concept, give full play to the advantages of the Yangtze golden waterway, in recent years, the CPC Central Committee and the State Council attached great importance to and under the correct leadership of the departments concerned and the community's strong support of our department and seven provinces along the river 2 City has established the leadership of the Yangtze River Water Development Coordination Mechanism, jointly promote the "Eleventh Five-Year" period of the Yangtze golden waterway construction of the overall program, increasing investment, speeding up the implementation of waterway management, port construction, type standardization, capacity expansion of the Three Gorges过坝transport, water transport Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches linkage protection and six projects have achieved notable results in service of economic and social development along the river and the level significantly.