Pinglu Canal in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region officially opened to navigation on Wednesday.

The 134.2-kilometer canal links the Xijiang River shipping route in the north with the Beibu Gulf in the south. It is China's first major river-to-sea canal project that has been planned and coordinated at the national level since 1949.

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