China Economic Information Service and China Waterborne Transport Research 
Institute jointly released the Report on High-Quality Development of China's 
Ports (Seaport) at the Forum on Promoting Port Development - Release of Report 
on High-Quality Development of China's Ports (Seaport) held in Hangzhou on 
December 4, 2020.

It is understood that based on the high-quality development concept of 
"innovative, coordinated, green, open and sharing", the Report on High-Quality 
Development of China's Ports (Seaport) has built an evaluation indicator system 
composed of four first-grade indicators and ten second-grade indicators to 
evaluate the high-quality development of 22 major coastal ports in China.

The evaluation results show that in 2020, the highest comprehensive score among 
the 22 major coastal ports is 9.07, the average 5.74, and the lowest 3.87. 
Shanghai Port, Ningbo Zhoushan Port, Shenzhen Port and Qingdao Port are in the 
lead among these ports.

The report predicts that during the 14th Five-Year Plan period, China's ports 
will maintain a growth of 2%-3% in cargo throughput. Looking to the 14th 
Five-Year Plan, the new dual-circulation development pattern will present fresh 
opportunities for the high-quality development of ports. In the future 
development of China's ports, new technology will empower the construction of 
intelligent ports, and the integrated development of ports, industries and 
cities will become a common pursuit of all port cities. The port service 
network will transform towards whole-process supply chain and logistics 
network, the popularization of large ships will promote the reshuffle of global 
hub ports, and the integrated development mode of regional ports will get 
maturer and steadier.

Source: China Economic Information Service