The cruise ship“Yangtze Explorer”was slowly sailinginto the chamber of the Three Gorges Ship Lift from downstream, completing its maiden voyage through the Three Gorges Dam on the afternoon of May 26.

　　The “Yangtze Explorer” is a luxury five-star foreign-oriented inland river cruise ship custom-built according to the ship type standards of the Three Gorges Ship Lift. It is 104.8 meters long and 16.3 meters wide, with a standard passenger capacity of 148. It mainly operates on the “Yichang-Chongqing” route. (Reporter/Liu Yue, Correspondent/Zhang Peng)