The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, which is 68km long in Huai 'an, is known as the "Mother River". With the grace and charm of ancient times, it lingers through the ancient city of Huai 'an, bringing vitality and colorful scenery to this fertile land, and achieving the status of Huai 'an as a national historical and cultural city and an emerging tourist city. After the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal entered Huai 'an, it was divided into two branches at Huaiyin Water Control Project. One was the ancient canal, also known as the Li Canal. It started from Huaiyin Ship Lock on the west side of Huai 'an urban area in the west, passed through Dazhakou, Banzha and Hexia ancient town in the northeast, crossed the sea channel and the main irrigation canal in northern Jiangsu, and reached Huai 'an Ship Lock at the south end of Chuzhou District. It is a comprehensive river with flood control, drainage, water supply, navigation and water transfer from South to North, belonging to Jiangsu Province. The other branch is a new Grand Canal, which cuts a bend for the Li Canal. It starts from Yangzhuang in Huaiyin District and joins the Li Canal in Chuzhou District. At present, its main functions are shipping, irrigation and regional drainage. The river meets the Li Canal, the Er River, the Yan River and the Waste Yellow River at Huaiyin Hub, and the Li Canal and the main irrigation canal at Huai 'an Hub, respectively, and interchanges with the Huaihe River into the sea.

since 199. The Huai 'an Third Ship Lock, Huaiyin Third Ship Lock and Huai 'an Junction Project of "Water Interchange" were mainly built, and the dangerous sections of the Zhong and Li Canal were handled. The continued bridge projects include Huaiyin No.1 Bridge in Liyun, Xudu Bridge in Zhongyun and Wuhekou Bridge. Combined with the construction of the canal tourism cultural corridor, the Li Canal and the water surfaces of the Qing 'an River, Wen canal river, Yuehe Datang and Bochi Mountain scenic spots connected with it are dredged, flowers, trees and grass are planted on the shore beach, and culverts and pumping stations are rationally dispatched to make the whole urban water body smart and beautiful.

-urban construction: Huai' an city has excavated the cultural heritage of water transportation and built the brand of "Canal Capital". Around the characteristics of green water, the Li Canal and the Grand Canal have been afforested, and the ancient Yellow River Ecological Park, Zhongzhou Park, Lotus Park and Bochishan Park have been built one after another, adding 3.4 million square meters of public green space, making Huai' an a unique "city under water and city". The built-up area of the central city has now reached 8 square kilometers, and the population has increased to 83,. The water transport conditions of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal and the improvement of the cross-strait environment provide favorable conditions for attracting investment. Now, Huai 'an has built factories along the canal, built science and technology and industrial parks, and built logistics centers, which have stimulated the development of the local economy. Many merchants also took a fancy to the green water of Huai 'an Canal, and invested in Huai 'an real estate in succession, and built new garden-style residential quarters in rows and rows, which accelerated Huai 'an to move towards the city with the best living environment.

—— Scenery tourism: There are typical ancient towns in northern Jiangsu along the Li Canal, with high-grade human landscape along the river. There are the former residence and memorial hall of Zhou Enlai, a national key cultural relics protection unit, the childhood reading office of Zhou Enlai, the former site of the Jiangsu-Anhui border government, Zhenhuai House and Wentong Tower, as well as many ancient residential buildings with local characteristics, which show the folk and folk culture of northern Jiangsu. The canal also connects Wharf Ancient Town, Qingjiang Town, Hexia Ancient Town and Chuzhou Ancient Town in series, witnessing the historical changes of Huai 'an. In 22, the city established the golden line of Huai 'an tourism, with the theme area of Zhongzhou Island Canal in Huai 'an and the theme area of Three Lakes and One Town in Chuzhou as the main body and the Li Canal as the link, to create an "ancient canal cultural corridor". At present, the Grand Canal Cultural Square, Gourmet Street, East-West Street, Hanhou Hometown Scenic Spot in Wharf Town and the upstream line of Kangxi Canal have been built. Zhongzhou Island Park, Three Lakes and One Town, Waterway into the Sea, Riverside Landscape of Li Canal, Wharf Town, Ciyun Temple and Confucian Temple. In August, 25, Huai 'anli Canal Scenic Belt has been rated as a national water conservancy scenic spot by the Ministry of Water Resources.

-fresh water food: Huai' an food culture has a long history, and the main birthplace of "Huaiyang cuisine" is in the front line of the Canal. Huaiyang cuisine is so delicious, mainly because it is born in water and better than water. The Grand Canal is rich in water, grass and fertilizer, and the aquatic products are endless all the year round. There are many kinds of fish, shrimp, turtle, crab, snail, clam and clam, among which the fish species are the most, such as green, silver, silver, bream, black, eel, loach, eel, catfish, mandarin fish and mandarin fish. The mussels, snails and clams used in the "three snails" of Huaiyang cuisine at home have a unique fresh taste of water and soil in the canal. The aquatic fruits and vegetables include lotus root, lotus, arrowhead, taro, water chestnut, Euryale ferox, lettuce, water bamboo, cress, Typha latifolia, etc. These aquatic plants are moistened by canal water, giving tasters wild interest and fragrance, adding magic and vitality to Huaiyang cuisine. "A crisp thought of Pu Cai is tender, and the whole dish is full of fresh memories of carp fragrance." Huaiyang Pu Cai, which is famous all over the world, is only white and fat in Chuzhou section of the canal and has the praise of "the first bamboo shoot in the world".