一道道长江水,滋润哺育了华夏万家儿女;一艘艘客渡船,似根根纽带连接着两岸百姓的深情厚谊,成为沿江人民群众经济交往、文化交融、感情交流的重要载体。在长江海事局辖区2100公里长江干线和1000公里支流及汊河道上,分布着905处渡口、811艘渡船,每天有16万多人次、近2万台次车辆南来北往,乘渡过 A river of Yangtze River, nourishing and nurturing the Huaxia Wanjia children; a passenger ferry, like a root tie connecting the profound friendship between the people on both sides of the Strait, as the economic exchanges among the people along the Yangtze River, cultural integration, emotional communication an important carrier. There are 905 ferries and 811 ferries distributed over 2,100 km of the Yangtze River and 1,000 km of tributaries and rivers of the Changjiang Maritime Bureau. Over 160,000 passengers are ferried daily, with nearly 20,000 vehicles traveling southward and passing by