Nanjing Waterway Bureau is ordering more than 20 new vessels, including 10 speed boats, to help raise its capability to maintain the waterway under its remit, according to officials from the bureau.

Separately, the Ministry of Transport agreed on 24 April that the guaranteed water level between Nanjing and Wuhu would be raised from 7.5 metres to 9 metres between June and September and from 6.5 metres to 7.5 metres between October and May. This 101km stretch of the Yangtze trunkline is the responsibility of the Nanjing Waterway Bureau, under the Yangtze Waterway Bureau, the government agency in charge of maintaining the waterway and delivering the guaranteed water level.