Abstract: Promoting the modernization of the Yangtze River shipping has an important supporting and leading function for accelerating the construction of transportation powerhouse and realizing Chinese path to modernization. This study reviewed the evolution process of modernization in the Yangtze River shipping, summarized the experience and lessons of modernization of world transportation and the Yangtze River shipping, analyzed the contemporary connotation of the modernization of the Yangtze River shipping in the new era. The research shows: the process of the modernization of the Yangtze River shipping can be divided into stages such as exploration and foundation, reforming and adjustment, acceleration and improvement, transformation and leading. Always adhering to the comprehensive leadership of the Party, putting people at the center, rallying the strength of all parties, accurately grasping its own development positioning and external development environment, are the valuable experiences accumulated from the modernization of the Yangtze River shipping. The connotation of the modernization of the Yangtze River shipping was enriched with the changes of the times. We plan ahead and map out the strategic path for the modernization of the Yangtze River shipping in the new era, which may better support and serve the accelerated construction of transportation powerhouse.

Key words: Chinese path to modernization; modernization of the Yangtze River shipping; connotation characteristics; transportation powerhouse

摘要： 推进长江航运现代化是加快建设交通强国、实现中国式现代化的有力支撑。系统梳理长江航运现代化的演进历程，总结长江航运现代化的经验，分析新时代长江航运现代化的时代内涵。研究认为，长江航运现代化历程可分为探索与奠基、改革与调整、加速与提升、转型与引领等阶段。始终坚持党的全面领导、以人民为中心、凝聚各方合力，以及准确把握自身发展定位和外部发展环境，是长江航运现代化积累的有益经验。长江航运现代化的内涵特征随着时代变化而丰富，体现在发展体系保障有力、运输服务人民满意、综合实力引领内河发展、发展方式绿色低碳、运输网络互联互通等方面。需要前瞻性谋划新时代长江航运现代化的战略路径，支撑和服务交通强国建设。

关键词: 中国式现代化；长江航运现代化；内涵特征；交通强国