A reporters team made up of major Chinese media outlets is now on a journey down the Yangtze River from Yunnan Province.

A team made up of Chinese journalists have started their trip along the Yangtze River. They will try to discover the ecological development along the river during the trip. (Photo: cnr.cn)

Their destination is Shanghai, the mouth of the river.

Flowing nearly 64-hundred kilometers, the trip will take 30-days down the world's 3rd-longest river, taking the group from Yunnan, down through Guizhou, then up to Hunan, Hubei, Zhejiang and finally Shanghai.

Reporters, including our Yang Guang, are attempting to discover the development progress which has been made along the route as far as ecological development is concerned.

CRI's Xiao Yi spoke earlier with our Yang Guang on the early part of his trip.