China breaks ground on $11.3B Three Gorges waterway expansion, adding world's largest inland ship lock to double annual throughput to 336M tonnes. Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang launched construction Monday in Yichang, Hubei province.
China has begun construction of a mega waterway project on the Yangtze River, including what will become the world's largest inland ship lock, in response to rising shipping demand.
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