Coordinated Development of Ports in the Yangtze River Economic Belt

Relying on the “golden waterway” to build the Yangtze River Economic Belt was raised to national strategy by the top-level decision-making and deployment. At present, with the official launch of the national strategy for the construction of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, the “golden waterway” of the Yangtze River has been entrusted with the new mission of connecting the east and the west, connecting the river and the sea, and it is ushering its real golden period. The Yangtze River’s freight volume has ranked the first in the world’s inland rivers, but there are still contradiction between the large-scale ships and the insufficient navigable capacity of the waterway and problem of the tense port working surface; the contradiction between the low level of water logistics service and the growing high-quality logistics service; the contradiction between the increasing freight volume of the upstream and downstream and the insufficient passing capacity of the Three Gorges shiplock. In the new development period, the critical points are how to solve the current constraints on the function of the “golden waterway”, to solve the problems existing in the Yangtze River, such as the poor channel conditions in some sections of the Yangtze River, the insufficient carrying capacity of the Three Gorges dam area, large scale ships, the low degree of standardization, the insufficient role of port comprehensive hub, the stable and uncertain security situation, and the weak ability of industry transformation and upgrading as well as insufficient capability for sustainable development. It has become an important topic to promote the construction of the Yangtze River Economic Belt by improving the function of the golden waterway of the Yangtze River and promoting the radiation effect of the port on the regional economy.