The night navigation ban at a section of the Yangtze River that has been threatened by a massive landslide was revoked on 8 April by the Yangtze River Administration of Navigational Affairs.

The decision was made because the landslide at the river section in Yunyang county, Chongqing municipality, was no longer deemed dangerous due to a lack of heavy rainfall. However, the decision could be reversed in the event of heavy rainfall.
Waterway transportation had been suspended at night in the region since 5 April, as soil erosion had worsened since March.

A portion of the river's southern bank in Yunyang broke loose from the rest of the bank in November 2008, when the cofferdams of the Three Gorges Dam tried to hold water at a depth of 175 meters.