What is the total length of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in China?

The total length of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is about 1797 km.

The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is the longest and largest ancient canal in the world and one of the oldest canals. Together with the Great Wall and Karez, it is called the three major ancient projects in China, and it has been in use ever since. It is a great project created by the working people in ancient China and one of the symbols of China's cultural status.

The Grand Canal starts from Yuhang (now Hangzhou) in the south and ends in Zhuo Jun (now Beijing) in the north. It passes through Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shandong and Hebei provinces and Tianjin and Beijing, and runs through five major water systems: Haihe River, Yellow River, Huaihe River, Yangtze River and Qiantang River.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, the State of Wu dug for the purpose of cutting Qi, and the Sui Dynasty expanded it to Luoyang, the capital, and even Zhuo Jun County. When the Yuan Dynasty was rebuilt, it abandoned Luoyang and took Beijing. It has been dug for more than 2500 years now. In 2002, the Grand Canal was included in the East Route of South-to-North Water Transfer Project.

20 14 On June 22nd, the 38th World Heritage Conference announced that China's Grand Canal Project was successfully selected into the World Cultural Heritage List, becoming the 46th World Heritage Project in China.

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Beijing-Hangzhou grand canal basin

The Beijing-Hangzhou Canal flows from north to south through Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shandong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, and runs through five major water systems in China-Haihe River, Yellow River, Huaihe River, Yangtze River, Qiantang River and a series of lakes. From the North China Plain to the Yangtze River Delta, the terrain is flat, rivers and lakes crisscross, and fertile fields are thousands of miles away. Since ancient times, it has been the main producing area of grain, cotton, oil, sericulture and hemp in China.

Dense population, high degree of agricultural intensification and great production potential. Since modern times, the railway and highway networks of Beijing-Tianjin, Jinpu, Shanghai-Nanjing and Shanghai-Hangzhou have been built one after another, which are closely connected with the canal. Along the line, industries have sprung up and towns are dense, which is the place where the economic essence of China gathers.

The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is one of the richest agricultural areas in China with developed industries. There are large and medium-sized coal mines in Yanzhou, Jining, Tengzhou, Fengxian, Peixian, Xuzhou, Pizhou and Huaibei, connecting industrial cities such as Shanghai, Nanjing, Xuzhou, Zhenjiang, Changzhou, Wuxi, Suzhou, Yangzhou and Hangzhou.

In order to make the "golden waterway" produce "golden" benefits, Shandong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces have renovated, expanded and channelized various sections of the Grand Canal, which has rejuvenated the Millennium Grand Canal and made it the second "golden waterway" in China after the Yangtze River. The main ports along the canal are Jining, Xuzhou, Pizhou, Siyang, Huaiyin, Huai 'an, Baoying, Gaoyou, Yangzhou, Zhenjiang, Changzhou, Wuxi, Suzhou, Wujiang and Hangzhou.

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