The cumulative shipping throughput of the Three Gorges Project has exceeded 2 billion tons

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 On May 23, in Yichang City, Hubei Province, ships orderly passed the Three Gorges double line five level ship lock (UAV photo).
On May 23, in Yichang City, Hubei Province, ships orderly passed the Three Gorges double line five level ship lock (UAV photo).

As of May 21, the freight volume of the Three Gorges Project has reached 2.081 billion tons. The completion and impoundment of the Three Gorges Project have improved the navigation conditions in the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River. The Three Gorges ship lock and the Three Gorges ship lift have jointly operated, forming a navigation pattern of "large ships climbing stairs, small ships taking elevators". Xinhua News Agency (photographed by Wang Gang)

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