# @cgtneurope on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DdVznBMiUqs
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/70688776-cgtneurope-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/0c718a21d5.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-09-16T08:00:51.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** CGTN Europe (@cgtneurope) — https://gondola.cc/cgtneurope

## Caption

China’s Pinglu Canal, the first nationally planned river-to-sea canal built since 1949, is set to open to navigation on September 16 in Guangxi, southern China.⁣
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Stretching 134.2 kilometers, the canal will link inland Guangxi with the Beibu Gulf, shortening the shipping route to the sea by up to 560 kilometers. With a total water-level difference of 65 meters, it is designed to accommodate vessels of up to 5,000 tonnes.⁣
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Once operational, the canal is expected to cut annual transportation costs by around 5 billion yuan (US$700 million).⁣
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Let's take a first-person journey along the canal.⁣
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#canal #ChinaMoments #infrastructure #transport ⁣

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- **Likes:** 91
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## Tags

canal, infrastructure, transport, chinamoments

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