World's largest inland ship lock: Why China is building a $11 billion giant water staircase at the Three Gorges Dam

On 8 June 2026, Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang attended a groundbreaking ceremony in Yichang, Hubei province, to formally ...
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China Starts $11 Billion Three Gorges Channel Project to Ease Yangtze Bottleneck

China has broken ground on a 77.2-billion-yuan ($11.4 billion) project to build a second shipping channel at the Three Gorges Dam, seeking to ease a severe bottleneck on the country’s busiest inland ...

China Breaks Ground on Three Gorges New Waterway, Dramatically Raising the Capacity Ceiling for Global Inland Shipping

China's first major project under the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026–2030), the Three Gorges New Waterway, officially commenced ...

China starts mega waterway project on Asia's longest river

China has begun construction of an enormous 11.4-billion-dollar engineering project near the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze ...