Pinglu Canal, Project of Century, Completed and Opened to Navigation
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China opens a new maritime gate to South-East Asia. The Pinglu Canal, inaugurated on Thursday in the south of the country, now connects Nanning to the Gulf of Tonkin. 134 kilometres long, it is the first large canal between a river and the sea built in China since 1949. A construction site of nearly ten billion euros, intended to unblock the west of the country and to accelerate trade with Southeast Asia.
Pinglu Canal a historic breakthrough and economic asset
NANNING, China and QINZHOU, China, Sept. 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — A news report from chinadaily.com.cn: The Pinglu Canal in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region officially opens to traffic on Sept 16, reshaping the transport and logistics landscape of southwestern China. It is China’s first major river-to-sea canal project to be planned and coordinated at a national […]
China officially inaugurated the Pinglu Canal, a waterway that opens a strategic trade corridor between the interior of the southwest of the country and the markets of Southeast Asia.
Pinglu Canal opens to navigation following completion ceremony in Guangxi
NANNING, CHINA – Media OutReach Newswire – 18 September 2026 – On September 16, the navigation launch ceremony for the Pinglu Canal was held in Qinzhou, Guangxi. At 10:25 a.m. that day at the Madao Hub, the inaugural vessel let out a resonant whistle that echoed through the air and the enthusiastic applause of the crowd witnessing this historic moment. The Pinglu Canal, the century dragon connecting rivers to the sea, officially opened to naviga…
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