Yangtze cruise and port facility project breaks ground
2026-08-16 18:08:55
By Zhou Chunyi.
A Yangtze River cruise and port facility project broke ground on August 15 at the Shipbuilding Industrial Park in Qixingtai Town, with a total investment of approximately 850 million yuan (US$126 million).
A Yangtze River cruise and port facility project broke ground on August 15 at the Shipbuilding Industrial Park in Qixingtai Town, with a total investment of approximately 850 million yuan (US$126 million).
Groundbreaking ceremony of the Yangtze cruise and port facility project. Photo by Fu Beibei.The project, developed and operated by Sanxia Tourism Group, includes two interprovincial resort cruise ships, one short-trip cruise ship, one themed cruise ship, and one 105-meter port pontoon. All new vessels will use new-energy propulsion systems and follow green, low-carbon, and intelligent design principles.
The two interprovincial resort cruise ships will each have 259 cabins, a maximum capacity of 650 passengers, and a range of 1,500 kilometers. New amenities include swimming pools, sauna rooms, executive lounges, seafood farming systems, and smart service robots. Once completed, they will operate on the Yichang–Chongqing route.
The project follows the launch of the first batch of resort cruise ships, Vista Harmony and Vista Aurora, and is expected to further improve cruise tourism infrastructure in the Three Gorges region.
Fu Jiangshan, Jiang Ningxin and Zhou Qian also contributed to this story.
