Pinglu Canal 平陆运河

The Pinglu Canal was officially completed and opened to navigation this year.

Every generation has its own Long March, and every generation must travel its own Long March well. On the new journey, the Long March spirit is becoming a driving force inspiring dedicated action across all sectors. Since the beginning of this year, the Pinglu Canal, the first canal project coordinated and built at the national level in the People's Republic of China to connect inland rivers with the sea, has officially been completed and opened to navigation; the world's largest offshore converter station, the "Heart of Offshore Wind," has completed offshore installation; and Unit 7 of the Tianwan Nuclear Power Plant, with annual electricity generation of nearly 10 billion kilowatt-hours from a single unit, has been connected to the grid and begun generating power for the first time. This June, construction began on the new Three Gorges water transport channel, China's first major national landmark project to start construction during the 15th Five-Year Plan period. The project underwent more than a decade of feasibility studies and design, backed by decades of technical preparation, and construction will take 100 months. It has now fully entered the main construction phase, with builders using their sweat and ingenuity to bring this project of the century into being.