The world’s fastest water-saving lock! Guangxi has been waiting for this moment for a hundred years.
From Mr. Zhongshan's grand vision in "The Founding of the People's Republic of China" to today's century project with a total investment of 72.7 billion yuan, the excavation of the Pinglu Canal is not only a golden waterway between hundreds of thousands of mountains, but also a decisive battle for southwest China to completely get rid of the helplessness of "borrowing the sea".
Is it a "big gamble" costing 550 million per kilometer? No, it is a geostrategic chess game that shortens the voyage by 560 kilometers, saves 5 billion in annual freight, and benefits the entire southwest hinterland. From the nine-story height difference of the horse road hub to the warmth of the country's first fishway, the Pinglu Canal demonstrates the perfect combination of the "hard core" and "poetic" nature of China's infrastructure.
💡 Core ideas:
✅ 1. Break the situation: Open up Guangxi’s “Ren and Du two lines” and turn Beibu Gulf Port from a “tourist resort” into an “sea-going engine”.
✅ 2. Intelligent manufacturing: 3 times the project volume of the Three Gorges, digital twin technology, defining a new standard for world canals in the 21st century.
✅ 3. Hope: Change the history of "Guangxi coming-of-age ceremony is a ticket to Guangdong", let the opportunity stay in the hometown, and let the dream go straight to the sea.