The whole Pinglu Canal is open to water!

On the morning

of June 3, with the beginning of water

filling of Pinglu Canal Madao Hub and Qishi Hub

, the whole line

of Pinglu Canal has entered the stage

of water commissioning. Pinglu Canal is the backbone of the new land-sea corridor in the west. The total length of the project

is 134.2 kilometers

, starting from the mouth of

Pingtang River in Hengzhou City, Guangxi, and passing through Luwu Town, Lingshan County. Entering the Beibu Gulf

along the Qinjiang River, as the first

canal project

at the national level since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Pinglu Canal, which is navigable for 5000-ton ships

, will be opened to navigation in September this year. After

completion

, the inland river voyage of goods in southwest China through Pinglu Canal

will be more than

560 kilometers shorter than that through Guangzhou Port

, and it will become the shortest and most economical transportation distance in southwest China

. The most convenient access

to the sea