Traffic and communication

The Beijing-Guangzhou Grand Channel, Beijing-Fuzhou Speedway Beijing-Shanghai Railway and Beijing-Jiulong Railway run through the city from north to south while Yanzhou-Shijiazhuang Railway and Rizhao-Dongming Speedway do so from east to west. Jining has its advantage of communication with 3 railways, 3 speedways and 4 national highways interlaced into a net which is very convenient for various passengers. At present, with Qufu airport built, domestic air routes have been opened, offering services from Jining to Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and other cities and the Grand Channel, which could bear kiloton flotillas that are hence to reach the Yangtse River directly, raises the river transportation capacity of the city to make up more than 80% of that of the whole province.