处于江淮要冲的扬州,依托大运河的水运优势而一度成为全国最大的经济都会和对外开放城市。“番舶云集,商贾如织”、“万商落日船交尾,一市春风酒并垆”,便是当时的写照。到清代后期,由于备受战劫,运河梗阻不通,漕运渐衰。至解放初期,扬州航道多呈自然状态,千里江河枉自空流。 “八五”回顾 悠悠岁月,沧桑巨变。党的十一届三中全会以来,尤其是“八五”以来,扬州航道建设取得了可喜的成就,实现了由滞后——缓解——逐步适应的历史性跨越。 In Yangzhou, where the Jianghuai Railway is going to go, it has once become the largest city of economy and open city in the country, relying on the advantages of water transport of the Grand Canal. “Banzhai gathered, merchants such as weaving,” “000 business sunset ship cross tail, a city of spring wine and wine,” is the portrayal of the time. To the late Qing Dynasty, due to war-robbery, blocked the canal barrier, water transport decline. To the liberation of the early, Yangzhou Waterway mostly natural state, thousands of miles in vain in vain. “Eighth Five-Year” Review Long years, vicissitudes changes. Since the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, especially since the Eighth Five-Year Plan, the construction of Yangzhou Waterway has made gratifying achievements and achieved a historic leap from lag-alleviation to gradual adjustment.