Workers were racing against the clock to construct large cargo vessels at the Letianxi Shipyard on the northern bank of Xiling Gorge in Yiling District.

　　Driven by the rapid development of the Yangtze River’s “Golden Waterway,” shipbuilding enterprises like the Letianxi Shipyard and the Miaonan Kuangu Shipbuilding Corridor in Sandouping Town have popped up along the Xiling Gorge. This cluster has turned the area into a bustling industrial hub and a major shipbuilding base for the Three Gorges region. (Correspondent/Zhang Guorong)