The busy Yichang Port has become a transportation hub in the middle reaches of Yangtze River. (photo by Yang Ping)
President Xi Jinping called for increased cooperation among Yangtze River ports to transform the region into a “golden water route”, during a surprise visit to the Yangluo Container Port, in Wuhan New Port, on July 21, 2013. In September 2013, Yangtze River Economic Belt became a national strategy. In March 2015, the State Council approves to develop city clusters along the middle reaches of the Yangtze River in a move to create a new economic growth engine and promote new urbanization.
Hubei in central China boasts more than 37 percent water front of main line of Yangtze River, and ranks No.4 among the 11 provinces and municipalities along Yangtze in terms of economic aggregate.
The cargo lane linking Wuhan with Yangshan Port of Shanghai travels every day, and has become the direct regular cargo ship service with highest speed and most stable departure frequency. Besides, the “Luzhou-Wuhan-Taiwan” container near-sea shipping line sails two shifts a week in 2014, delivering 5,460 TEUs, an increase of 144 percent. The shipping lane linking Wuhan with four ASEAN countries also sails twice a week, and 894 TEUs have been delivered in the first five months of operation.
The 67.22 km Hanjiang River Canal officially opened to traffic on September 26, 2014, slashing the journey between Jingzhou and Wuhan by over 200 km and that between Jingzhou and Qianjiang by over 600 km. By the end of April 2015, a total of 859 ships have delivered 229,000 tons of cargos through the canal.
At present, 279 major projects to boost the development of Yangtze River Economic Belt are under way in Hubei. 15 of them have been included as 2015 national major projects to develop Yangtze River Economic Belt, accounting for 17.4 percent of all the projects and one fifth among the 11 provinces and municipalities along the Yangtze River.
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