The Grand Canal is a vast waterway system in the northeastern and central-eastern plains of China, running from Beijing in the north to Zhejiang province in the south.

The annual China Yangzhou Flowery March International Economic, Trade and Tourism Festival kicked off on April 18 in Yangzhou, East China's Jiangsu province with 36 key projects signed at the opening ceremony.

​To promote recovery in the tourism sector, which has been severely affected by the novel coronavirus outbreak, the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism released 30 recommended travel routes to visitors from around the world.

The annual flower festival typically held at Slender West Lake in Yangzhou, East China's Jiangsu province, held its opening ceremony online on April 9 in light of the coronavirus outbreak.

Yangzhou in Jiangsu province is refreshed with flowery spring scenes.