Recently, there is a global comparative data of economic indicators, especially in China. According to the 2021 global port development report released by the Shanghai International Shipping Research Center in March 2022, among the top 50 ports, China holds 28 seats (including Hong Kong, China); Among the top 20 ports, China accounts for 16 seats, and the five ports of Ningbo Zhoushan, Shanghai, Tangshan, Qingdao and Guangzhou are firmly in the top five in the world; The Yangtze River Delta ports occupy 10 seats.
Among them, Suzhou, Taizhou, Jiangyin, Nantong, Nanjing and other Yangtze River inland ports ranked 7th, 15th, 16th, 19th and 24th in the world respectively. The throughput of river ports can exceed that of Antwerp, Los Angeles and other world-famous seaports, ranking in the forefront of the world.