目前,长江干线是世界上运输最繁忙、运量最大的通航河流。2007年长江干线货运量达到11亿吨,是美国密西西比河的两倍,欧洲莱茵河的3倍。长江航运完成的货运量占流域全社会货运量的20%以上,沿江企业生产所 At present, the Yangtze River Route is the world’s busiest and heaviest navigable river. In 2007, the shipping volume of the Yangtze River reached 1.1 billion tons, double the size of the Mississippi River in the United States and three times that of the European Rhine River. The volume of cargo transported by the Yangtze River Shipping Co., Ltd. accounts for more than 20% of the whole society’s freight volume. The production by the riverside enterprises