A thousand kilometers of high-grade waterways support Jiangxi's access to the river and the sea.

The reporter recently learned from the Jiangxi Province press conference on advancing the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt that over the past 10 years, Jiangxi has completed approximately 55.8 billion yuan in water transport construction investments. The mileage of high-grade waterways has exceeded 1,000 kilometers, the main framework of high-grade waterways "two horizontal and one vertical" has been fully connected, and the "two hubs and five clusters" modernized port network has been rapidly forming. An integrated water transport system connecting main routes and branch lines, as well as reaching the sea through rivers, has been accelerating.

Jiangxi is an important node connecting the east and west in the Yangtze River Economic Belt. Over the past 10 years, Jiangxi has significantly enhanced the connectivity between the Yangtze River trunk line and high-grade waterways within the province. The Jiangxi section of the Yangtze River trunk line has maintained stable operation with a 6-meter deep waterway. Seven cascade waterways on the Gan River and three cascade waterways on the Xin River have been completed and put into operation. Branch waterways, such as those on the Yuan River, Chang River, Ganjiang East River, and Le'an River, have seen accelerated construction, adding 390 kilometers of high-grade waterways in 10 years.

Focusing on improving the functional level of port hubs, Jiangxi has built a number of modern public terminals, filling the gap of 1,000-ton-class modern terminals in the middle and upper reaches of the Gan River and the Xin River basin. Over the past 10 years, 144 new berths of 1,000 tons or above have been added. The proportion of berths of 1,000 tons or above has risen from 9.3% in 2015 to 40% in 2025. The province's ports have an annual throughput capacity of 350 million tons and 1.98 million TEUs.