section_path: Transport/River transport
section_name: River transport
paragraph_text: River transport
  
  Historically, Jinjiang River (also known as Nanhe River) was used for boat traffic in and out of Chengdu. To ensure that Chengdu's goods have access to Yangtze River efficiently, inland port cities of Yibin and Luzhou —both of which are reachable from Chengdu within hours by expressways—on the Yangtze have commenced large-scale port infrastructure development. As materials and equipment for the rebuilding of northern Sichuan are sent in from the East Coast to Sichuan, these ports will see significant increases in throughput.