Published on: 2026-06-03
Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian –
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Tianjin, June 3 /Xinhua/ — In 2025, the added value of the port economy of Chinese port cities will reach 7 trillion yuan (about 1.03 trillion US dollars), according to a report published on Tuesday by the Institute of the Ministry of Transport of the PRC.
The report, compiled by the Planning and Research Institute under the Ministry of Transport of the PRC, provides a comprehensive assessment of the economic activity related to port infrastructure in major Chinese coastal cities and cities with river ports. The document was presented on the same day at the opening of the Tianjin / Northern China / Tianjin International Shipping Exhibition.
Port economy implies the totality of types of economic activity concentrated around ports, which depend on specific industries related to port activities, and use their resources. The share of port economy amounted to 13.6 percent of the total volume of economic output of the largest Chinese cities with seaports.
During the same period, the added value of the port economy in cities with inland river ports reached 2.7 trillion yuan, accounting for 9.7 percent of the total volume of economic activity.
By 2025, cities with inland river ports in China have witnessed rapid growth in emerging strategic industries, primarily chemical industry, electronic equipment manufacturing, and automobile manufacturing.
The share of these industries amounted to 19.7% of the volume of economic activity in the secondary sector related to port activities, which actually contributed to industrial transformation and modernization within the region.
“In the future, the core of port economy in China will become high-quality development. Efforts to deepen the integrated development of ports, industry, and cities will continue, as well as to promote the construction of “smart” and “green” ports based on technological innovations,” said Liu Xin, director of the Planning and Research Institute under the Ministry of Transport of China.
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