Trade+and+Development



 ·  **The dam can sustain 10,000 ton trading freighters to allow direct passage inland through the dam.**  ·  **This encourages and increases trade between East and West China.**  ·  **Convenient navigation through the dam with farther improve trade, as well. **  ·  **Several major industrial cities lie on the Yangtze River; Chongqing, Wuhan, Nanjing and Shanghai (trade will only increase in this area with the construction of the dam).**  ·  **All generated power from the dam will be utilized for industry to boost outputs.**  ·  **In the 1980s, 80% of all of China’s goods arrived and departed on the Yangtze River and most still do today.**