The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is the earliest and longest man-made canal in the world. With a total distance of more than 1700 kilometers, it starts from Beijing and ends in Hangzhou. The Grand Canal plays a great role in the exchange of economy and culture between southern and northern China, especially in the industrial and agricultural development in the canal line area.

The Grand Canal has witnessed the prosperity and development of Jining city in Shandong province. From a desolate land to the largest inland river port in the north of the Yangtze River, Liangshan Port exemplifies the wisdom of the Jining people, becoming a new engine for regional development.

Editor: Cheng Dengyu