Port cities are cities that are located along rivers, lakes, oceans and other waters, have ports and have the function of water and land transportation hubs. They can be divided into different types according to their geographic location and functional characteristics. So what are the port cities in China? This article introduces China’s top ten port cities.
1. Shanghai
Shanghai is located at the mouth of the Yangtze River and was one of the first coastal cities to open up. The main waters and channels include the Yangtze River Estuary, Huangpu River and its tributaries Wusong River (Suzhou River), Wanzaobang, Chuanyang River, Dianpu River, Dazhi River, Xietang, Yuanxiejing, Damao Port, Taipu River, and Lanlu Port , And Jinhui Port, Youdun Port, etc. Shanghai Port has become one of the most important trading ports in the world, and Shanghai Port’s import and export ranks first among cities in the world. Among them, the annual foreign trade throughput of Shanghai Port accounts for about 20% of the main coastal ports in the country. Shanghai has become the world’s fourth largest home port for cruise ships and Asia’s largest home port for cruise ships, with more than 1,000 cruise ships berthing each year.
2. Tianjin
Tianjin is located on the west bank of the Pacific Ocean, northeast of the North China Plain, and the lower reaches of the Haihe River Basin. It is the confluence and entrance of the South Canal, Ziya River, Daqing River, Yongding River, and North Canal, which are the five major tributaries of the Haihe River. It is the traffic throat of Beijing to the northeast and east China regions and the port for ocean shipping. It is known as the “heavy point of the river and the sea” and the “gateway to Jifu”. Among them, Tianjin Port is the world’s highest-ranking, China’s largest artificial deep-water port, and the world’s fourth-largest comprehensive port in terms of throughput. It is located in Binhai New Area.
3. Guangzhou
Guangzhou is located in the south-central part of Guangdong Province, on the northern edge of the Pearl River Delta and bordering the South China Sea. It was the first batch of coastal cities to open up. Guangzhou has been the main port of the Maritime Silk Road since the 1930s, among which Guangzhou Port is the largest comprehensive main hub port in South China. In 2017, Guangzhou Port completed a cargo throughput of 590,117,400 tons, an increase of 8.4%, ranking first in South China, fourth in domestic coastal ports, and sixth in global ports; completed a container throughput of 20.372 million international standard containers, an increase of 8.0%.
4. Ningbo
Located in the southeast coast, Ningbo is a typical Jiangnan water town and seaport city, the third largest port city in the world, and an important port city on the southeast coast of my country. Among them, Ningbo Zhoushan Port had a cargo throughput of 1.08 billion tons in 2018, an increase of 7.4% over the previous year, ranking first in the world for 10 consecutive years.
5. Qingdao
Qingdao, an international port city, is an important international trade port and maritime transportation hub along the Yellow River Basin and the west coast of the Pacific Rim. It has trade relations with more than 450 ports in more than 130 countries and regions in the world. Among them, Qingdao Port has more than 160 container routes in 2018, with a volume of 1.154 million TEUs completed.
6. Dalian
Dalian is located on the coast of the Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea and is an open coastal city in China. Dalian Port has a water area of 346 square kilometers, a land area of 15 square kilometers, a bonded port area of 6.88 square kilometers, a container handling capacity of 16 million TEUs, and a total railway length of more than 160 kilometers in the port area. Dalian Port is located in the southern part of the Liaodong Peninsula and the center of the Northeast Asian Economic Circle. The core port area has a land area of about 18 square kilometers, mainly distributed in the port areas of Dalian Old Port, Heizuizi, Ganjingzi, Dalian Bay, Catfish Bay, Dayao Bay, etc.
7. Tangshan
Tangshan is located in the eastern part of Hebei Province and the northeastern part of the North China Plain, bordering the Bohai Sea in the south, Yanshan Mountain in the north, and adjacent to Beijing and Tianjin. Tangshan Port is divided into Jingtang Port Area, Caofeidian Port Area and Fengnan Port Area, forming an overall development pattern of division of labor, coordination and interaction, and three ports flying together. In 2018, the cargo throughput of Tangshan Port was 637 million tons, jumping to the third place among coastal ports in the country, and the container throughput was 2.958 million TEUs, an increase of 16.9%. In 2018, Tangshan City newly established 12 inland ports including Datong in Shanxi and Jiayuguan in Gansu.
8. Qinhuangdao
Qinhuangdao, also known as a port city, is an important port city in the Bohai Rim region and one of China’s first open coastal cities. Qinhuangdao Port is China’s earliest independent trade port and is currently the world’s largest energy export port, and is known as the “barometer” of the national economy. Qinhuangdao Port is the world’s largest energy export port and an important hub port for my country’s “North-South Coal Transportation” channel, and is responsible for the coal supply of “eight provinces and one city” in southern my country.
9. Yingkou
Yingkou is one of the first batch of coastal open cities and cities in the National Pilot Free Trade Zone. It is a national comprehensive transportation hub and a port-type national logistics hub. It is an important access to the sea in Northeast Asia and one of the important transportation nodes of the “One Belt, One Road” strategy. . Yingkou Port is the closest access to the sea in the hinterland of Northeast China, a comprehensive coastal port in China, and one of the starting ports of the Arctic Channel. In 2017, Yingkou Port completed a cargo throughput of 360 million tons, ranking 9th among coastal ports in China and 12th in the world.
10. Shenzhen
Shenzhen is located at the forefront of the Pearl River Delta and is a link and bridge connecting Hong Kong and Mainland China. Among them, Shenzhen Port has major ports: Shekou Wharf, Fuyong Wharf, Yantian Wharf Chiwan Wharf, Mawan Wharf, River Yard, Dongjiaotou Wharf, Xiatongsha Yuyong Wharf, Dachan Bay Wharf.