The Opening and Development of Ports in China

This book summarizes the opening up of ports and the development process of China in different periods, which since as far away as the Qin Dynasty and the Han Dynasty, include ancient times, modern times and contemporary periods, a history of about 3000 years. It reveals that under the joint action of internal and external forces since modern times, the opening up of ports in China has expanded from coastal areas to border and inland areas along the echelon, the development of ports' opening up and foreign economy and trade has profoundly affected the process of Chinese modernization. And it also reveals that the Chinese nation which since modern times began had endured so much for so long, has been through hardship and adversity but has achieved a tremendous transformation--it has stood up, grown rich, and become strong. The port is the strategic port for China to realize interconnections with neighbouring countries and the countries along the Belt and Road, and occupies an important strategic position in the process of constructing a new pattern of opening up to the world and a new pattern of new era in China. Ports are an essential part of the Belt and Road, and this book provide