The Yangtze River (Chang Jiang 长江)

The Yangtze River (Chang Jiang ) is the longest river in Asia and the third longest in the world. The river is about 6,300 km and originates form the Qinghai province eastwards into the East China Sea near Shanghai. It passes through the capitals Chongqing, Wuhan and Nanjing and divides China into North and South China. The Yangtze is rich in culture, history and of great economic importance to the country. It has the largest hydro-dam in the world - the Three Gorges Dam. The dam prevents flood and has great value to China’s agriculture although the impact on ecology is still not known fully.The Yangtze is important in the river valley's economic growth and has become a vital link for international shipping to the inland provinces. The river is a major transportation artery for China, connecting the interior with the coast.
The river is one of the world's busiest waterways.

The Yellow River(Huang He 黃河)

The Yellow River (Huang He黃河 ) is the second-longest river in China.. It is sixth longest in the world about 5,500 kilometers. It flows from Qinghai Province through nine provinces of China into the Bohai Sea near Tientjin It passes by capitals Jihan, Zhengzhou, Luoyang and Lang Zhou.
The Yellow River is where Chinese civilisation started. Its surrounding areas had brought prosperity in the history and sorrow of the Han people. Because of its frequent flooding it was the source of flood that caused hardships for farmers over the last few thousand years. As such it is also known as China’s Pride and China’s Sorrow
The Yellow River man caused many deaths in the history of China. The flood of 1887 killed 900,000 to 2,000,000 and the 1931 flood about 3,000,000 .
Over the recent years the area around the Yellow River has experienced water shortages. The present government has embarked on harnessing the Yellow River with water conservancy projects, including Sanmenxia, Liujiaxia, Longyangxia and Xiaolangdi dams.
However, Huang He has continued to dry up occasionally in the downstream Shandong Province.
Seven of the eight provinces and autonomous regions -- Qinghai, Gansu, Ningxia, Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, Shaanxi and Henan -- along the valley are suffering the most serious water shortages . This is expected to cause reduction in output of traditional farm produce this year.
The Chinese government has continuously adopted water control plan for the Yellow River.
The State Council has approved a plan to develop the Yellow River Delta (YRD) in East China's Shandong Province into an efficient and environmentally-friendly economic zone,
Yellow River Delta is located in metropolitan Beijing, Tianjin and Shandong Peninsula junction with Tianjin Binhai New Area is only 80 kilometers away from the recent, and Liaoning coastal economic belt across the sea, is the Bohai Sea region, an important part of the west can be connected vast central and western hinterland, may be reached from the south wing of Yangtze River Delta, north east to the sea and the neighboring countries in northeast Asia, or docking, Shandong Province, Beijing and Tianjin Binhai New Area and the metropolitan area of the front and a hub.
Over the years, development and construction of the Yellow River Delta has been given widespread attention with investments flowing in internationally.