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China
/ Transport / Water Transport
China has a vast sea area - the Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea and East
China Sea to the east and the South China Sea to the south. The
Bohai Sea is China's inner sea and the Yellow Sea, the East China
Sea and the South China Sea connect with the Pacific Ocean. Along
China's long coastline lie Shanghai, Tianjin New Port, Guangzhou
Huangpu, Yantai, Qingdao, Qinhuangdao, Dalian, Beihai, Hongkong
and other ports.
These sea ports are wide and deep, beautiful in environment and
can all arrange passenger-bookings for pleasure boats for world
travel or to go ashore to sightsee and tour. International Sea
Navigation Routes
The luxury passenger and cargo ship "New Jianzhen", run by the
Sino-Japanese International Ferry Co., sails between Shanghai
and Kobe, Osaka and Yokohama in Japan, one voyage a week, taking
around 45 hours for a single trip.
The vessel "Yanjing", run by the Tianjin- Kobe Snipping Co., runs
between Tianjin and Kobe, Japan once a week. The passenger and
cargo ship 'Daren", run by the Daren Shipping Co. in Dalian, navigates
between Dalian Inchon in the Republic at Korea, two voyages a
week and around 15 hours for each voyage.
The luxury passenger and cargo ship "Xinjinqiao" and "Xiangxuehai",
run by the Weihaiwei East Navigation Co., link Weihai, Qingdao
and Inchon three times a week. Each voyage taken 14 hours.
Domestic
Sea Navigation Routes
China's domestic sea navigation routes connect various port cities.
Main navigation routes include: Shanghai- Dalian, Dalian- Tiangjin,
Dalian- Yantai, Shanghai- Qingdao, Shanghai- Guangzhou, Beihai-
Guangzhou, Shenzhen-Zhuhai Zhuhai-Hong Kong.
Inland
River Navigation Routes
China's mainland is crossed by many rivers with a total length
of 226,800 km and a total of 136,000 km at inland river navigation
routes.
Famous
navigation routes include:
1. The 6,380-km-long Yangtze River, with a voyage at 660 km from
Chongqing to Yichang and 626 km from Yichang to Wuhan. It passes
the grand use magnificent Yangtze River Three Gorges from the
Baidi (White Emperor Town, Fengjie County in the west to Nanjinguan
Pass, Yichang, in the east, a total at 193 km. There are over
50 pleasure boats that sail en the routes.
2. Pleasure boats sailing between Suzhou and Hangzhou may be takes
to cruise a long the Crand Canal with a voyage at 146.6 km. On
this cruise you can feast your eyes on enchanting water village
scenery typical of the areas south of the Yangtze River.
3. In Nanjing, Wuxi or Yangzhou, dragon boats or pleasure boats
can be takes for the Grand Canal-Yangtze River-Taihu Lake Tour
cruise which is full of the flavor of poetry and painting. Tourists
can enjoy good food while apreciating the surrounding scenery.
4. In Guilin, there are pleasure boats that reach Yangshuo along
the Lijiang River, a voyage at 83 km at picturesque scenery and
a galaxy of scenic and historic spots.
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