The Pinglu Canal – a US$10 billion waterway connecting China’s heartlands to the Gulf of Tonkin – will begin trial operations as soon as September
2-MIN READ2-MINAlice LiPublished: 11:00am, 22 May 2026China’s landmark Pinglu Canal has entered its final phase of construction and is set to begin trial operations as early as September, with a first shipping route linking the country’s heartlands to the free-trade port of Hainan, according to Chinese state media reports.
The shipping route from Nanning to Hainan’s Yangpu Port will be launched to coincide with the 23rd China-Asean Expo, which will take place in Nanning in September, the state-run Securities Times reported last week.
