Inland Water Transport Artery
1 min readA main tributary of the Pearl River, the Xijiang River, which rises in Yunnan and flows Guizhou and Guangxi to Guangdong, has beengolden waterwayconnecting the southwest and the south of China since ancient times. In October 2008, Guangxi proposed a major strategy aimed at making the Xijiang River a 100-million-ton inland waterway. The government plans to invest more than 21.5 billion yuan for inland-river infrastructure improvements with a total handling capacity of over 106.27 million tons. Upon completion, the newgolden waterway will serve as an inland water transport artery linking the PRD and the Beibu Gulf economic zones.
