Ships navigate waters in Guizhou via lift system

Ships sail through the aqueduct of the Goupitan Hydropower Station in Yuqing county, Guizhou province. [Photo by Deng Gang/For chinadaily.com.cn]

The lift can elevate vessels of up to 500 tons up or down a vertical distance of 100 meters. Ships pass through an aqueduct suspended 100 meters above the ground.

Project construction began in 2011 and trial traffic started to move through in June this year. Materials from mountainous Guizhou province can now be shipped to Chongqing, a major inland port city, and then to the Yangtze River.

Zhao Yandi contributed to this story.