en.Wedoany.com Reported - China's first major national landmark project under the "15th Five-Year Plan"—the Three Gorges New Waterway Project—has broken ground in Yichang, Hubei Province. This project, designed to support the expansion of the Gezhouba shipping capacity, involves relocating over 2,300 households while simultaneously implementing a plan to transplant 2,265 trees.

Rather than cutting down the trees to save time and costs, the project has opted to number each tree, wrap its roots, prune its branches, and plan dedicated transport routes. This "green relocation" aims to preserve the city's original ecological resources.

In other aspects of the project, to mitigate the impact of underwater blasting on fish habitats, the construction team has replaced blasting with mechanical excavation. Additionally, 1.48 million cubic meters of topsoil excavated from the site have been collected and stored for future ecological restoration efforts. These meticulous practices add a human touch to the massive project. Some scholars have noted that such giant concrete-and-steel projects can also embody green and warm characteristics.

Currently, China is increasingly balancing economic development with ecological protection in its large-scale industrial construction. This integrated approach reflects a governance philosophy that seeks equilibrium between the present and the long term, and also demonstrates an enhancement in development capacity and governance standards.