Where is the lead city for the application of the Grand Canal?

Yangzhou is the lead city in applying for the World Heritage of the Grand Canal. Yangzhou is a famous historical and cultural city with a history of more than 2,500 years. It is also the origin city of China's Grand Canal and the lead city for the application for the Grand Canal. It has successively won three international business cards, namely, the Canal Capital of the World, the Food Capital of the World and the Cultural Capital of East Asia.

The Grand Canal is a great project created by the people of China. It recorded the profoundness and splendor of China's history and culture, and witnessed the long history of Chinese civilization and the industrious wisdom of the Chinese nation. Promote the protection, inheritance and utilization of the Grand Canal with systematic thinking, plan from a high starting point, and promote the construction of the Grand Canal Cultural Belt and the Grand Canal Yangtze National Cultural Park with high standards.

There are twelve scenic spots in Yangzhou Canal, including ecological landscape and humanistic highland. There are both historical classics and new stars of the times; It not only contains the romance and wisdom of ancient people, but also shows the creation and action of modern people. It is a concentrated display of the oldest, core, essence and most dynamic section of Yangzhou Canal.