China has a vast sea area with the Bohai Sea, the
Yellow Sea, and the South
China Sea in the
south. China's long coastline has ports in Shanghai,
Tianjin, Guangzhou, Yantai, Qing dao, Qinhuangdao,
Dalian, Beihai, and Hong
Kong.
These ports are vast and deep with beautiful
surroundings, making them
another choice
for sightseeing in China.
International Lines on the Sea
A
regular weekly line of the Sino-Japanese International ferry
company runs
between Shanghai and the
Japanese cities of Kobe, Osaka, and Yokohama, A
one-way trip takes 45 hours.
The Yanjing Luxury Liner of the
Jinshen Ship Company shuttles between
Tianjin and Kobe once a week.
The Daren passenger and cargo
liner of the Dalian Daren Ship Company runs
between Dalian and Inchon in South Korea twice a
week. A one- way trip takes
15
hours.
Every week there
are three regular runs between Weihai and Qingdao and
Inchon by the luxury liners New Golden
Bridge and Xiang-xuelan. A one-way
trip
takes 14 hours.
Domestic
Sea Lines
Domestic sea lines link all
Chinese port cities. The main lines include
Shanghai-Dalian, Dalian-Tianjin,Dalian-Yantai,
Shanghai-Qingdao,
Shanghai-Guangzhou,
Beihai-Guangzhou, Shenzhen-Zhuhai,and Zhuhai-Hong
Kong.
Routes on inland
Rivers
Chinas mainland is
crisscrossed by 226,800 kilometers of rivers, of which
136,000 kilometers are navigated.
The main routes on inland rivers
include:
1.The Grand Canal between Suzhou
and Hangzhou, 146.6 kilometers long, where
tourists can enjoy the beauty of regions of rivers
and lakes.
2.The Grand Canal-Changjiang
river-Taihu Lake from Nanjing, Wuxi or
Yangzhou.
3.Guilin via the
Lijiang River and Yangshuo, 83 kilometers long.
4.The Shanghai-Chongqing line, 2,399 kilometers in
length, along the
Changjiang River. There
are 50luxury boats traveling in the Three Gorges.
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