The Yangtse River is join mid area and area of economy of delta of the Yangtse River and city group important link, the resource of mid area, the sources of energy, personnel is the economy that is bibcock with Shanghai developeds of the area important prop up; Edge river has a lot of big cities, traffic traffic demand is big. (a few two municipalities directly under the Central Government, provincial capital, a lot of medium cities)Mid to delta, aqueduct of river of this end length suits larger ship to sail; Shipping cost is low, as long as time is incompact, everybody is willing to choose shipping more, volume of Shanghai Airline of the Yangtse River is very so large. Economic development is rapid, demand is big, annual fall is big, without dry season, population is concentrated, landform evenness, a network of waterways is concentrated. Enter 21 centuries especially, development of shipping of the Yangtse River is rapid, the volume on the world before calling item the river of be open to navigation or air traffic with the biggest, the busiest shipping. The Yangtse River is the 3rd endless flow of world, also be China's main carriage river, guest freight is defeated very concentrated. In recent years, development of shipping of the Yangtse River is swift and violent, the volume on the world before making item the river of be open to navigation or air traffic with the biggest, the busiest shipping. 3 gorge project can develop shipping of stimulative the Yangtse River continuously, economy of catchment of stimulative the Yangtse River, society, resource and environment are coordinated each other and can develop continuously, of stimulative China economy fly further. From of old, the Yangtse River bore the weight of the myriad affection of the ancients is thought of, from Wu Shan harships arrives shadow of lamp of the Huaihe River of the Qin Dynasty, great river sheds the point of classics, all without exception is swaying sail a boat person lead a wandering life with expect. Accompanying changes of affairs of human life, Shipping of the Yangtse River takes in and send out in large quantities in haven a few respects such as transport power of ability, shipping, safe safeguard also obtained significant progress and new breakthrough. The Yangtse River does not freeze all the year round, it is the gold aqueduct of be worthy of the name, river of be open to navigation or air traffic is shared inside catchment of the Yangtse River many 3600, course of development of foot be open to navigation or air traffic makes an appointment with 7 × 10km, 70% what take course of be open to navigation or air traffic of countrywide inland river, Transport network density whole nation of prep above of every 10 thousand people is average 50% , every 100km is transport network density the whole nation is average 3 times much, density also is in related integrated density and economy the whole nation is 2 times more average above, the advantage that shows network of shipping of water system of the Yangtse River and the position in channel of countrywide inland river and action. The hydrodlectric resources of catchment of the Yangtse River is substantial, potential of development of water and electricity is tremendous, the Yangtse River is the inland river on the world carries the river of be open to navigation or air traffic with the busiest, the largest volume. Current, development of water and electricity of trunk stream of the Yangtse River is in rapid development period, we should draw lessons from foreign experience, combinative the Yangtse River is actual, sum up the experience lesson that large dams of trunk stream of the Yangtse River builds, make overall plans, hasten benefit avoids kill, be kind to shipping of the Yangtse River, conspire to develop.