China considera el canal Xianggui para unir el interior al golfo de Beibu

Con el canal Pinglu casi terminado, China evalúa ahora un proyecto aún mayor: el canal Xianggui. Esta vía fluvial de 300 km extendería el acceso desde provincias centrales al golfo de Beibu, formando un corredor de 3.200 km.

China ha completado casi por completo el canal Pinglu de 10.000 millones de dólares que conecta sus regiones centrales con el sudeste asiático. Ahora, se plantea una vía fluvial aún mayor, el canal Xianggui. El canal Xianggui sería una vía de 300 km (186 millas) que actuaría como una extensión efectiva del nuevo canal Pinglu, permitiendo a las ciudades en el corazón del interior chino acceder directamente al golfo de Tonkín, conocido en China como golfo de Beibu. Si se completa, el canal Xianggui permitiría a China crear una vasta red de vías fluviales —conocida como el “corredor Han-Xiang-Gui”— que se extendería 3.200 km de norte a sur a través de cuatro provincias: Shaanxi, Hubei, Hunan y Guangxi. El destino del proyecto sigue siendo incierto, ya que construir el canal Xianggui sería extremadamente costoso. Con un coste estimado de 150.000 millones de yuanes (21.600 millones de dólares), sería más del doble de caro que el canal Pinglu. Pero la inminente apertura de la nueva vía fluvial en Guangxi ha aumentado sus posibilidades de avanzar, ya que “el momento es propicio”, según Lu Yi, profesor de la Escuela de Transporte de la Universidad de Ciencia y Tecnología de Changsha.

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