China Market Insider China Is Building a New Canal to the Sea

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The Pinglu Canal connects the Xijiang river system with ports on the Gulf of Tonkin. The waterway is intended to shorten transportation routes in western China and strengthen trade with ASEAN countries.

China has opened a new inland canal that provides western provinces with a new route for goods to seaports. Officials are calling it the “infrastructure project of the century.” The “South China Morning Post” in Hong Kong describes the new canal as a “milestone in modern Chinese history.”