According to the topography, hydrology and geological conditions of the chosen site a heavy cargo wharf of a power plant in Chongqing Wujiang river, we propose a new type of wharf on the upper Yangtze river, with a new layout of“land work platform plus crane installation platform plus berthing pier”, heavy cargo handling with “vertical lifting and 360毅rotary loading and unloading”, and fixed berthing pier structure on the lock, which can meet the demands of berthing and handling operations in Wujiang river basin of 20m’s maximum range of stage and 5m’s maximum stage fluctuation within a day, and solves the difficulties due to the poor condition of the back-up land and the largest lifting height of 73 m, etc. It may serve as a reference for the design of inland wharves with a large range of stage and restricted back-up land conditions.