China Starts Work on $11.4bn Three Gorges Expansion

China Starts $11 Billion Three Gorges Channel Project to Ease Yangtze Bottleneck

China Starts $11 Billion Three Gorges Channel Project to Ease Yangtze Bottleneck - The massive nine-year construction project aims to resolve severe shipping congestion on China’s main river artery while offering an expensive reprieve for the endangered Chinese sturgeon

China Begins Construction Of World’s Largest Inland Ship Locks At Three Gorges Dam

China is building the world’s largest inland ship locks at the Three Gorges Dam to eliminate hipping bottlenecks at the Yangtze River.

China starts work on $11.4bn Three Gorges expansion

China has begun construction of a massive new ship lock system at the Three Gorges Dam that will nearly double cargo capacity at the giant waterworks, easing growing congestion at one of the world’s busiest inland shipping corridors. The project, valued at CNY77.2bn ($11.4bn), will add a new five-stage lock system alongside the existing Three …

Factbox: Key Facts About China’s Three Gorges New Waterway Project

Wuhan - China on Monday officially started construction of its Three Gorges new waterway project. Here are important facts regarding this mega project on the Yangtze River. It is the first major project to break ground during China's 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030), a critical stage in the country's efforts to advance toward its goal of basically realizing socialist modernization by 2035. The project, with a total investment of about 77.2…