The Grand Canal from Huai 'an to Yangzhou Street is the Huaiyang Canal. Huaiyang Canal, also known as Hangou Canal, Liyun Canal, Qushui, Hanjiang River, Zhongdushui and Shanyangdu, etc. In ancient times, it refers to the river section from Huai 'an City, Jiangsu Province (where the Grand Canal of China meets the ancient Huaihe River) to Yangzhou City (where the Grand Canal of China meets the Yangtze River), with a total length of 170 kilometers.

Huaiyang Canal is the earliest canal dug in China, which can be traced back to the Han ditch dug by Fu Cha, the king of Wu in 486 BC.

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Led by the National Tourism Administration, the tourism departments of six provinces and cities participated in the formulation of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal Tourism Route Master Plan, and the Huaiyang Cultural Tourism Section became one of the six key routes in the plan.

Huai 'an actively builds the Li Canal Cultural Corridor project, connecting heritage sites along Huai 'an section of Huaiyang Canal in series, integrating high-end forums, cultural tourism, ecological health, business and leisure, and characteristic theme parks. Qingjiangpu plate in the scenic spot has been completed and opened, and other major plates are under construction. It is expected to be fully completed and opened on 20 17.

Yangzhou City has opened up a waterway tourism route of the Grand Canal, and planned to build tourism projects such as "Experience of Commercial Customs in Past Dynasties", "Sightseeing Tour of Slender West Lake" and "Sightseeing Tour across the River".