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  • Museum of Grand Canal culture to open in Beijing

    A museum showcasing the culture of the Grand Canal is expected to open in Beijing at the end of this year, with some 6,000 items or sets of exhibits related to Beijing and the ancient canal to be displayed in the collection.

    November22,2023


  • 2023 World Canal Cities Forum held in Yangzhou to promote heritage protection and green dev't of canal cities

    The 2023 World Canal Cities Forum was held recently in Yangzhou, "the canal capital of the world" located in east China's Jiangsu Province.

    August29,2023


  • New canal project expected to deepen China-ASEAN trade ties

    The tranquility of the serene hillside in Qinzhou, nestled in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, has been replaced by the persistent reverberations of dredgers, excavators, and dump trucks, serving as a resounding testament to the ongoing Pinglu Canal project.

    August31,2023


  • ​2020 World Canal Cities Forum held on Monday in E. China's Yangzhou

    The 2020 World Canal Cities Forum kicked off on Monday in Yangzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province.

    September29,2020


  • GLOBALink | Grand Canal mirrors green transition in China's Hangzhou

    A stretch of an ancien canal in China's Hangzhou has undergone significant changes over the past decades, which mirrors the green transformation of a city known as "Heaven on Earth."|126

    October09,2022


  • Water canal reconstruction project kicks off in N. Afghanistan

    Work on reconstruction of a water canal with the length of eight km and 750 hectare-land irrigation capacity, was started in Afghanistan's northern province of Takhar on Wednesday, a local official said.

    March08,2018


  • 2022 World Canal Cities Forum held in Yangzhou, east China

    The 2022 World Canal Cities Forum (WCCF), which was themed around heritage protection and sustainable development of canal cities, was held in Yangzhou, the canal capital of the world located in east China's Jiangsu Province on June 27.

    June29,2022


  • Suez Canal blockage has limited impact on China's foreign trade: ministry

    The Suez Canal blockage had a sudden, short-term and limited impact on China's foreign trade, as the waterway has reopened and normal operations resume steadily for the China-Europe shipping route, among other routes, the Ministry of Commerce said Thursday.

    April02,2021


  • Egypt's Suez Canal economic zone integrates with China's BRI: minister

    Egypt's Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone) integrates with China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) that seeks to interconnect and boost global trade, said the Egyptian planning minister in a statement on Tuesday.

    March20,2019


  • Egypt, Russia agree to build industrial zone in Suez Canal area

    Russia and Egypt will sign an intergovernmental agreement on setting up an industrial zone in Egypt, Egypt's official MENA news agency reported on Tuesday.

    July13,2017


  • 2019 World Canal Cities Forum & World Canals Conference held in E China's Yangzhou

    The 2019 World Canal Cities Forum & World Canals Conference was held in Yangzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, from September 26 to October 6.

    October08,2019


  • 500 million euros from German government for eastern section of Kiel Canal

    At a ceremony on Monday, Germany's Minister of Transport Andreas Scheuer gave the official starting signal for the expansion of the eastern section of the Kiel Canal, located in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein.

    October14,2020


  • Senior Chinese official stresses canal protection

    Yang Jiechi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, stressed canal protection at a forum on Monday.

    June28,2022


  • Enjoy best of Linping, discover beauty of canal

    Linping district of Hangzhou city, east China's Zhejiang province has seen the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal running through it for thousands of years.

    August08,2022


  • Feature: China builds reservoirs, canals to help Kyrgyz farmers irrigate land

    Many villagers in Kara-Oi in the Issyk-Kul region on the northern shore of Issyk-Kul Lake, Kyrgyzstan, make a living by working in the fields.

    May09,2023


  • Obstruction of Suez Canal does not stop huge container ship orders

    In March, when the Suez Canal was obstructed by the 22,000-TEU ever given ship, ultra large container ships (container ships with a higher capacity than 15,000 TEU) have been ordered together with other 27 smaller ones, for an overall order capacity of 866,060 TEU.

    April09,2021


  • China to build 5 tugboats for Egypt's Suez Canal

    Egypt's Suez Canal Authority (SCA) agreed with a Chinese shipbuilder to build five tugboats and the contract will be signed very soon, SCA Chairman Osama Rabie told Xinhua.

    April14,2021


  • Soccer to be at the heart of Suzhou Grand Canal Cultural Tourism Expo

    Roma, Inter Milan and Venezia Football Club are some of the exhibitors in addition to others representing culture, tourism, sports, agrifood and design sectors. Moreover, there will be an area dedicated to the Italian industry in Suzhou.

    September22,2021


  • China mulls two canals to link Yangtze, Pearl rivers

    China is considering building two canals to connect the Yangtze River and the Pearl River, two busy and economically important waterways in southern China, according to transport officials.

    January17,2019


  • Chinese consortium starts construction of fourth bridge over Panama Canal

    The construction of the fourth bridge over the Panama Canal was started on December 4 local time in Panama City by a Chinese consortium formed by China Communications Construction Co (CCCC) and China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC).

    December07,2018


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