The Yangtze Waterway Bureau has begun Yangtze digital mapping trials by giving away 12 sets of software and hardware relating to programme. Companies that have received the free equipment include Sino Yangtze National Shipping Line, Minsheng Shipping and Wuhan Renovation Shipping. The Yangtze Waterway Bureau helped install the equipment and supplied initial training.

Once the external trial is finished, the bureau aims to promote digital mapping across the entire navigable length of the river.