On April 3, 2020, Guangzhou Port and the shipping industry are looking forward to the world ’s first-class port construction. Guangzhou Port ’s deep-water channel widening project officially started construction of the last 8.2-kilometer segment, and Guangzhou Port is the number one project of the international shipping hub. ”Entering the sprint stage, it is expected that by the end of July 2020, the one-way navigation history of large container ships from the Pearl River Estuary to Nansha Port will be completely ended, and the two-way navigation of 100,000-ton container ships and 150,000-ton container ships (reduced load) will be realized across the board. To provide strong support for keeping the international supply chain unblocked and ensuring the normal development of various economic and trade activities.

As an international hub port, Guangzhou Port plays an important role in co-building the Belt and Road Initiative and promoting the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. The Guangzhou Port Waterway is one of the busiest golden waterways in the world. It is the waterway transportation artery connecting the international waterway and the domestic and international ports in the Greater Bay Area. It is a major channel for maritime trade. The lifeline of survival and development is an important support for Guangzhou Port to build a world-class port.

The total investment budget of the deep water channel widening project is about 2.936 billion yuan, which is the largest investment project in the history of Guangzhou Port construction. From the beginning of the Ninth Five-Year Plan period, the Guangzhou Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government have taken the deepening of the Guangzhou Seaway as an important measure to promote port development and boost the city's economy. The port is based on the city and the city is rejuvenated by the city. The Port Authority has organized the implementation of the first and second phases of the sea route, the expansion of the sea route of the Nansha Port Area and the third phase of the sea route, with a cumulative investment of more than 5 billion yuan. In addition to the annual maintenance costs of the sea route, nearly 7 billion yuan has been invested so far. These costs are all funded by the government to ensure the safety and sustainable development of port production, and directly reduce the operating costs of port and shipping companies and other logistics companies.

The investment budget for this construction project is the highest in history. After the Guangzhou Port is put into use, it will assume the responsibility of a large international port. Next, Guangzhou Port will focus on the promotion of a number of key projects such as the deep water channel expansion project, the Nansha Port Phase IV project, and the offshore terminal project, and strive to ensure that the Guangzhou Port deep water channel expansion project will be fully put into use at the end of July 2020 to further enhance Guangzhou The comprehensive service function of the port ’s infrastructure, in order to enhance the strength and heritage of Guangzhou ’s millennium business capital, build an international and first-class business environment suitable for opening and innovation in Guangzhou, comprehensively promote the new vitality of the old city, “four outstanding achievements”, and create a global Enterprise investment is the first choice and the best development to add "hard core" power. Editor / Zhao Jing