{"id":54542,"date":"2026-05-23T01:24:40","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T17:24:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=54542"},"modified":"2026-05-23T01:24:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T17:24:40","slug":"chinas-vast-new-canal-link-to-southeast-asia-set-to-open-earlier-than-expected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=54542","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s vast new canal link to Southeast Asia set to open earlier than expected"},"content":{"rendered":"


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China\u2019s landmark Pinglu Canal has entered its final phase of construction and is set to begin trial operations as early as September, with a first shipping route linking the country\u2019s heartlands to the free-trade port of Hainan, according to Chinese state media reports.<\/p>\n

The Pinglu Canal \u2013 China\u2019s most ambitious waterway project in centuries<\/span><\/a> \u2013 will stretch 134km (83 miles) from Nanning, capital of the southern Guangxi region, to the Gulf of Tonkin, known as the Beibu Gulf in China.<\/div>\n
The aim is to give China\u2019s less-prosperous inland regions quicker and easier access to global sea lanes<\/span><\/a>, boosting local industry and strengthening trade with the country\u2019s largest export market: the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean).<\/div>\n
China\u2019s surging trade with Southeast Asia<\/span><\/a> played a key role in helping Beijing ride out a trade war with the United States last year, as a 13.4 per cent rise in Asean exports partly offset a 20 per cent drop in shipments to the US.<\/div>\n
The canal\u2019s debut route will be a direct link to another Chinese region: the island province of Hainan, located just across the Gulf of Tonkin, which China is developing into a free-trade hub<\/span><\/a>.<\/div>\n

The shipping route from Nanning to Hainan\u2019s Yangpu Port will be launched to coincide with the 23rd China-Asean Expo, which will take place in Nanning in September, the state-run Securities Times reported last week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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