Economic Benefit of Yangtze River during Yangtze River History

Economic Benefit of Yangtze River – Brief Introduction

As the main river of Transportation, lots of ships and Yangtze Cruises will pass through the Yangtze River. Yangtze River is the continuation of the seaway conjoining the inland, the coastal port and other cities, which forms a large transport network. During all the cities along the river, Nanjing City, Wuhan City and Chongqing Municipality play the important role. Now Yangtze Cruise can navigate from Chongqing to Wuhan, Yichang, and Shanghai.

In addition, Yangtze River has been linked with navigable Yellow River and Weihe River by the Grand Canal, besides the Grand Canal has been linked with the seaport of Hangzhou City and Tianjin Municipality.

Economic Benefit of Yangtze River – Navigation

Due to the fast development of China's economy, besides the constantly regulation of the navigation of Yangtze River, the navigation economy of Yangtze River has been increased as soon as possible especially comes into the 21 century. According to the Yangtze River history, in 2005, the quantity of freight transport of the main stream of Yangtze River is 795 million ton exceeding the amount of Rhine's and the Mississippi River's, which becomes the largest and busiest navigable river of the world. In 2006, the quantity of freight transport of the main stream of Yangtze River is 990 million ton. And it increases to 1.123 billion in 2007, which is two times as the amount of the Mississippi River's and 3 times as the amount of Rhine's.

Now, with the completion of Three Gorges Water Control Project, the 5-thousand ships and 10-thousand fleets are allowed to cruise upstream to Chongqing Municipality such as Yangtze Cruise, but only little fleets can cruise to Yibin City of Sichuan Province. Some experts appointed that When Yangtze River has been exploiting completely, the navigation could up to 3 billion tons amount to the transport capacity of 10 Beijing-Guangzhou railways.

Economic Benefit of Yangtze River – Fishery

During Yangtze River history, there are rich fish resource in Yangtze River and its branches, besides the Poyang Lake, Dongting Lake and Taihu Lake. Thus the fishery industry has been developed quickly. People can find almost 500 kinds of fishes in China's rivers, but most of them are living in Yangtze River and its branches.

There are some kinds of fishes in Yangtze River has economic significance, such as carp, perch and lamprey and other fish. The sturgeon is also important.

The canyon is a best place of spawning, thus there are lots of roes in lower reaches of Yangtze River, which will be collected and scattered throughout China for artificial breeding. In addition, the Yangtze River also makes contribution of the hydroelectric power and other facts.