China's coastal ports enable the transportation of coal, containers, imported iron ore, and grain; roll-on-roll-off operations between mainland and islands; and deep-water access to the sea.
In port construction, China has especially strengthened the container transport system, concentrating on the construction of a group of deep-water container wharves at Dalian, Tianjin, Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo, Xiamen and Shenzhen, and thus laying the foundations for China's container hubs. A new deep-water port has opened in Yangshan SW of Shanghai.
The coal transportation system has been further strengthened with the construction of a number of coal transport wharves. In addition, wharves handling crude oil and iron ore imports have been reconstructed or expanded.
At the end of 2004, China's coastal ports had over 2,500 berths of medium size or above, of which 650 were 10,000-ton-class berths; their handling capacity was 61.5 million standard containers for the year, ranking first in the world. Freight volumes handled by some large ports exceed 100 million tons a year; and the Shanghai, Shenzhen, Qingdao, Tianjin, Guangzhou, Xiamen, Ningbo and Dalian have been listed among the world's top 50 container ports.
130 of China's 2,000 ports are open to foreign ships. The major ports, including river ports accessible by ocean-going ships, are Beihai, Dalian, Dandong, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Haikou, Hankou, Huangpu, Jiujiang, Lianyungang, Nanjing, Nantong, Ningbo, Qingdao, Qinhuangdao, Rizhao, Sanya, Shanghai, Shantou, Shenzhen, Tianjin, Weihai, Wenzhou, Xiamen, Yangzhou, Yantai, and Zhanjiang.
Fujian
Port of Quanzhou
Port of Xiamen
Guangdong
Jiuzhou Port
Port of Guangzhou
Port of Zhanjiang
Shunde Port
Rongqi Port
Hainan
Haikou New Port
Haikou Xiuying Port
Haikon New Port
Hebei
Qinhuangdao Port
Hong Kong
Aberdeen, Hong Kong
Container Terminal 9
Crooked Harbour
Double Haven
Gin Drinkers Bay
Hongkong International Terminals Ltd.
Hebe Haven
Holt's Wharf
Inner Port Shelter
Kwai Tsing Container Terminals
Long Harbour (Hong Kong)
Modern Terminals Limited
Mun Tsai Tong
Port of Hong Kong
River Trade Terminal
Rocky Harbour (Hong Kong)
Port Shelter
Starling Inlet
Tai Tam Harbour
Three Fathoms Cove
Tolo Harbour
Tsing Yi Tong
Victoria Harbour
Victoria Harbour
Jiangsu
Port of Suzhou
Liaoning
Port of Dalian
Port of Jinzhou
Port of Yingkou
Macau
Kai Ho Port
Macau Container Port
Shandong
Port of Weihai
Port of Yantai
Qingdao Port
Qingdao Qianwan Container Terminal
Shanghai
Port of Shanghai
Yangshan Port
Guangdong
Port of Shenzhen
Guangzhou
Tianjin
Port of Tianjin
Zhenjiang
Beilun District
Port of Ningbo