Yangtze River cargo throughput to surpass 4 billion tonnes for first time

WUHAN, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- The ports along the trunk stream of the Yangtze River, China's largest and the world's third-longest river, are expected to handle a record 4.02 billion tonnes of cargo in 2024, thanks to the country's economic resilience.

"The 3.9-percent year-on-year growth cements the Yangtze River's position as the busiest inland waterway in the world," said Huan Zhaoping, deputy director of the ad