Restoration and sustainable aquaculture project held up as model for other major river systems such as the Mekong and Amazon
The scale of the undertaking was immense: more than 111,000 fishing vessels were recalled and 231,000 fishers were resettled, backed by an investment of more than US$2.7 billion.
The ban was reinforced by the Yangtze River Protection Law, which also took effect in 2021. It introduced stricter regulations on water quality, sand mining and shoreline restoration.
