Introduction:
Recently, the Chinese government has proposed to replan and construct the Zhejiang-Jiangxi-Guangdong Canal, the Pinglu Canal and the Hanxiang-Guizhou Canal, which has attracted widespread attention. Experts believe that once completed, these three canal projects will provide unprecedented development opportunities for China's western and central provinces, which is expected to change the fate of these inland regions and promote China's economy to achieve a new leap!
With a total investment of more than one trillion yuan, these three canal projects will greatly reduce transportation costs and greatly enhance the external ties of the central and western provinces. The Pinglu Canal will be completed as soon as 2026, and Guangxi and other provinces will be the first to benefit.
The radiation power of China's developed coastal areas will also further extend inland, driving the take-off of the central and western regions.
In the face of such a major opportunity, will the central and western provinces be able to seize the opportunity for development? What kind of new development will they usher in after the canal is opened? Let's wait and see!
The Zhejiang-Jiangxi-Guangdong Canal can solve the difficult problems in Jiangxi and directly affect the future development
Jiangxi Province has fallen into a development bottleneck in the reform and opening up, and there is a significant gap between Jiangxi Province and neighboring provinces. In fact, in ancient times, Jiangxi was the land of fish and rice, and the economy was very prosperous, and the key factor was that water transportation was developed at that time, which greatly reduced transportation costs.
However, with the rise of other modes of transportation, Jiangxi's water transport advantages have been weakened, resulting in a weak economy. The construction of the Zhejiang-Jiangxi-Guangdong Canal will once again awaken Jiangxi's water transport potential and open the door to the ocean.
The total length of the Zhejiang-Jiangxi-Guangdong Canal is expected to be more than 1,500 kilometers, and if completed, it will directly connect to important cities in Jiangxi, such as Nanchang and Jiujiang. At that time, Jiangxi will take advantage of its own geographical advantages to send rich mineral resources to all parts of the country with high efficiency and open up the main artery of maritime trade.
Many cities in the province will also get unprecedented development opportunities and achieve economic take-off.
The investment scale of the Zhejiang-Jiangxi-Guangdong Canal exceeds 300 billion yuan, and it is also very difficult, and it has to pass through the mountainous areas in the middle.
But its significance to Jiangxi's development is self-evident. Jiangxi is facing a historic opportunity for transformation and upgrading, and it is necessary to seize the opportunity of the canal to plan for industrial upgrading, so as not to miss a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for development.
Guangxi is the most beneficiary of the Pinglu Canal, which is of great significance to improving the degree of openness
The Pinglu Canal starts in the northern part of Guangxi and passes through the important city of Nanning along the way, with a total length of about 80 kilometers and a total investment of more than 70 billion yuan. The construction has already started in 2022, and the first phase will be opened to traffic in 2026, when Nanning and other cities will significantly strengthen their external connections.
The Pinglu Canal connects the Pearl River and the Yangtze River basin, forming a grand canal connecting the north and south, greatly enhancing Guangxi's external connectivity. In the future, Guangxi's products can choose low-cost waterway transportation, which greatly reduces the cost of foreign trade.
This will also accelerate Guangxi's opening up to the outside world and promote the rapid development of the region's processing industry and light industry.
In the context of the vigorous development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, the Pinglu Canal allows Guangxi to form a synergy with the Yangtze River Delta and other coastal areas to share the dividends of the Yangtze River Economic Belt.
Guangxi can also further expand economic and trade exchanges with ASEAN countries. In short, this project has ushered in a once-in-a-lifetime development opportunity for Guangxi.
The effect of the Xianggui Canal is amazing, which will promote the linkage development of Hunan, Guangdong and Guangxi
The 500-kilometer-long Xianggui Canal runs from Hunan to Guangxi, connecting the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and the Pearl River basin, and will become another force in Hunan Province to open up sea lanes. When the time comes, Hunan's products can choose low-cost waterway transportation, which greatly reduces the cost of foreign trade.
The significance of this canal is also that it will drive exchanges and cooperation between the Changsha-Zhuzhou-Zhuzhou-Zhuzhou-Zhuzhou-Zhuhai-Tan urban agglomeration and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and promote the linkage development of the two urban agglomerations. Cities along the Xianggui Canal will also flourish, such as Yongzhou, Shaoyang and other cities will have unprecedented economic strength.
Eventually, the Xianggui Canal will strengthen Hunan's ties with Southeast Asian countries and inject strong impetus into Hunan Province's opening up to the outside world. It will also drive the coordinated development of Hunan, Hubei and Jiangxi provinces and share the development opportunities in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River.
This is undoubtedly a shortcut for Hunan to go global, and it will also greatly promote Hunan's economic and social development.
The canal has obvious advantages in low cost, and China should vigorously develop water transportation
Compared with high-speed rail, highways and other modes of transportation, water transportation has significant cost advantages.
Taking the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal as an example, its volume and benefits are still very impressive today. Making full use of this advantage to develop water transport is in line with the general direction of China's economic internal circulation.
China is in a critical period of economic transformation, and continuing to vigorously develop water transport is conducive to further reducing logistics costs and improving the efficiency of resource allocation.
At the same time, it can also drive the development and growth of related industrial chains, such as shipbuilding, integrated logistics and other industries.
At present, there is still an imbalance in the development of China's vast inland areas. Vigorously developing water transport and building the Century Canal can boost the economic growth of the central and western provinces and allow more regions to share the development dividends.
This will also promote the formation of a new pattern of coordinated development of land and sea and coordinated development of the east, the middle and the west.
China should seize the opportunity to vigorously develop water transport and use this unique advantage to promote high-quality economic development. The Three Century Canal project is about to be launched, let us be full of confidence to move towards a new journey of water transport power!
Epilogue:
In the face of the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity brought by the Three Centuries Canal, the central and western provinces should accurately grasp the direction of development and plan for industrial upgrading and transformation.
What else do you think the central and western provinces should do to fully benefit from this historic opportunity? Feel free to share your thoughts in the comment section!
Some netizens believe that the central and western provinces should plan their industrial layout in advance and create a number of pillar industries. Some netizens believe that the process of urbanization should be accelerated and the quality of human resources should be improved. Some netizens believe that in addition to the development of water transportation, we should also continue to improve modern transportation systems such as high-speed rail. (The pictures and data come from the Internet, please check the theory yourself, this article does not represent the author's point of view, if there is any infringement, please contact to delete)