Yao Xiaodong, secretary of the Huai 'an Municipal Party Committee, told the reporter that in recent years, Huai 'an, in accordance with the requirements of the Central Committee and the Provincial Party Committee, insisted on innovation, highlighted benefiting the people, and made three articles on inheriting, protecting and utilizing the cultural heritage of the Grand Canal, showing the characteristics of ancient city, water city and ecological development, highlighting Huai 'an context, and cultivating new consumption growth points, and achieved initial results.
The 68-kilometer-long Huai 'an section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal has more than 100 cultural relics, which is full of historical sense. The stone tablet of "sailing south and landing north" indicates the prosperity of the past. The Royal Pier left two emperors, Kang and Gan, and the only well-preserved Gu Men on the Grand Canal ... The Grand Canal was listed in the World Cultural Heritage List in 20 14. Huai 'an, as an important node of the Grand Canal's application for World Heritage, has two heritage areas (Qingkou Hub and the former site of Governor of Water Transportation), a section of river (Huai 'an section of Huaiyang Canal) and a section of river.
Xun, an expert in literature and history, said, "Huai 'an is a veritable capital of canals. Fu Cha, the king of Wu, dug a ditch from Yancheng in Yangzhou to the end of Huai 'an, which became the beginning of the Grand Canal. There are nine governors in the world, and Huai' an is the second. The governor of grain transportation has been stationed in Huai 'an, and the governor of river channel moved to Qingjiangpu in Huai 'an during the Kangxi period. Huai 'an was the command center, river management center, water transportation center, shipbuilding center and salt tax center in Ming and Qing Dynasties. Huai 'an Customs is the largest customs in China, and the customs duties paid accounted for half of the country at that time. "
As one of the birthplaces of the Grand Canal, Huai 'an has the responsibility to promote the construction of the Canal Cultural Belt, protect, inherit and make good use of this precious world cultural heritage, and make the Huai 'anli Canal Cultural Corridor a characteristic model of the Grand Canal Cultural Belt, and make contributions to building the Jiangsu section of the Grand Canal Cultural Belt into a national pioneer and demonstration belt.
Plan ahead. Jiang, director of the planning and construction management office of the Li Canal Cultural Corridor in Huai 'an, said that as early as 20 13, Huai 'an started the construction of the Li Canal Cultural Corridor in accordance with the concept of "literature and history come down in one continuous line, tourism runs through the first line, and industry forms a chain". Through the four strategies of water control, city management, gathering people and flourishing culture, the Li Canal Cultural Corridor was built into a collection of cultural exchanges, high-end forums, eco-tourism and leisure and health preservation.
Located on a high place. Li Canal Cultural Corridor hired Wu Zhiqiang, Vice President of Tongji University, to lead the planning team of Shanghai World Expo. The whole plate is divided into four chapters: "Starting, Inheritance, Transition and Harmony", focusing on Qingjiangpu Scenic Area, Caoyuncheng Scenic Area, Yangshan Lake Scenic Area and He Xia Ancient Town Scenic Area respectively. In order to reproduce the glory of water transport, the team of Beijing Dingfeng Yezhi led by Dr. Liu Feng, the leader of the 12th Five-Year Development Planning Expert Group of China Tourism, was invited to complete the master plan of China Water Transport City.