Where Canal Function Change And Development Strategy

The Inner canal is one section of Beijing-Hangzhou canal, which crosses the Huaian and Yangzhou, from mokou, Baoying, GaoYou, Jiangdu, the Yangzhou urban district, Shiqiao Sluice to Yangtze River, the span more than 170 kilometers. It was Spring and Autumn Period that Fuchai excavated the canal called Han-canal. Then at the beginning of the Han dynasty, Liubi put on additional canal of Han-canal, at the end of Han dynasty, Chendeng changed the river courses. Emperor Sui-wen opened Shanyang-canal. Emperor Sui-yang opened Han-canal again later in Sui dynasty, which paralleled with Shanyang-canal. Emperor Hubilie operated the Beijing-Hangzhou canal, this section of Beijing-Hangzhou canal is then called Inner canal. Mao opened up it, which formed the present scale.The Inner canal had different river course in different times, and played different roles. At the beginning of it used in the military, but along with the time passing, the military function gradually weakened, the economical function actually grew day by day. The Fuchai aimed to conquer northern area, then opened Han-canal, although along with Wu country's demise, the military function had not been able to display completely, it linked Yangtze River with Huai River, then connected the south area of Yellow River, Shandong, with Changan, led to the nation economic integration formation, made the tremendous contribution to the Jiangsu and Anhui area economic development, also laid the economic basis to the second prosperous times of the Chinese history Wen-Jing. The Sui dynasty excavated the North -South canal, with which core section, Han-canal of Sui dynasty linked the river local with Southern became a piece of economic condition to the third prosperous times of the Chinese history Zhen-Guan .Yuan dynasty cleared the Beijing-Hangzhou canal, the Inner canal took the Chinese north and south together, which accelerated the national commodity circulation and the region economical culture development, in Ming dynasty the canal's basin capitalism seed to play the role in bearing the fourth prosperous times of China history Kang-Xi .According to the Simaqian's region economic theory, the Inner canal's basin was in the secondly developed area in Wen-Jing, in developed area in Zhen-Guan and Kang-Xi. Through analysis of the Inner canal region economic structures and the economic systems in three typical times, had obtained the influence of canal function factors as well as the canal function vicissitude path. In the new century, the Inner canal has to display two big functions that culture-traveling and the water transportation, only in this way, can conform to the sustainable development strategy, keep the sufficient tax sources, make the contribution to Yangzhou region economy development, and explore the certain way of the uses of the secondly developed area water resources.