Resources of port cities

Deep-water port has unique conditions.

It is reported that Guangzhou Bay (Zhanjiang) is one of the cradles of the Xinhai Revolution. On the eve of the Revolution of 1911, under the leadership of the Guangzhou Bay Alliance, South Road and Gao Lei also set off a revolutionary wave. At that time, many patriots in Guangzhou Bay, Lu Nan and Gao Lei followed Dr. Sun Yat-sen, shed their heads and blood, and made great contributions to the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. At the beginning of the Republic of China, Sun Yat-sen presided over the formulation of the "General Plan for the Founding of the People's Republic of China", proposing to build an independent railway and port deployment, and more clearly proposing to build a southern port in Zhanjiang and build a coherent southwest railway and Guangdong-Hainan railway corridor. Today, under the leadership of Zhanjiang Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government, with the efforts of Zhanjiang people, great changes have taken place in urban and rural areas. Zhanjiang Port has been built into a modern port and entered the ranks of 100 million tons of big ports. The railway from Zhanjiang to all parts of the country has been completed, and Dr. Sun Yat-sen's wish to build a southern port has been realized.

Ports and coastlines are the most important advantageous resources in Zhanjiang. There are many harbors in Zhanjiang, and the conditions for port construction are superior. The city has formed a port group with Zhanjiang Port as the center and small and medium-sized ports around Leizhou Peninsula supporting each other. Zhanjiang Port is the only national-level main hub port in western Guangdong and the area around Beibu Gulf. It is also the largest natural deep-water port, with more than 20 berths ranging from 10,000 tons to 50,000 tons, and the first onshore oil terminal of 300,000 tons in China. China's third and South China's first 200,000-ton iron ore terminal have been put into operation recently. Among them, the 300,000-ton waterway is the deepest waterway along the coast of South China.

Deep-water channel, super-large specialized wharf for crude oil and ore, and the shortest shipping distance from international important energy sources and iron ore producing areas are the unique and most competitive advantages of Zhanjiang Port compared with other ports. These advantages will inevitably make Zhanjiang the best choice for the layout of heavy chemical industry.

As a regional central city, it has the advantages of connecting the east with the west and the south with the north.

Zhanjiang is located at the south gate of China, adjacent to the Pearl River Delta in the east, Beibu Gulf in the west, backed by the southwest, facing Southeast Asia, connecting the "Three Souths" internally and the "Five continents" externally, and is in an important strategic position, connecting the east with the west, connecting the north with the south and connecting the home and abroad. From Guangdong, Zhanjiang is a regional central city in western Guangdong; From a national perspective, Zhanjiang is the main gateway to the southwest and an important gateway city in South China. Seen from the southern border of China, Zhanjiang is the only big city in the China section around the Beibu Gulf and the best "bridgehead" at sea in China-ASEAN Free Trade Area. Globally, Zhanjiang has the shortest voyage from Chinese mainland to Southeast Asia, Africa, Europe and Oceania.

Zhanjiang has a comprehensive transportation system, such as seaport, railway, highway, aviation and pipeline. It is the main hub port of maritime transportation in China, one of the 45 highway hub cities in China and one of the four major railway hubs in Guangdong. The Guangzhou-Zhanjiang Expressway has been opened to traffic, and the four-hour economic circle between Zhanjiang and the Greater Pearl River Delta has been formed. The opening of Yuzhan Expressway is just around the corner, and the construction of Zhanjiang section of Li Zhan double-track railway and Guangdong section of Luozhan railway will start soon, which will make the southwest sea passage more smooth. With the advantages of developed three-dimensional transportation, Zhanjiang's economic hinterland will extend to the Yellow River Basin, the Central Plains and the Northwest while consolidating the southwest and expanding the central region.

Beautiful and rich tropical coastal city with rich marine resources.

Zhanjiang is the only tropical city in Chinese mainland with green plants and aromatic fruits. Zhanjiang's dominant marine resources mainly include: First, marine resources. Zhanjiang is surrounded by the sea on three sides, with a coastline of 1556 km, accounting for 46% of the coastline of Guangdong Province and110 of the coastline of the whole country. The output of aquatic products ranks first in Guangdong Province for many years in a row. The output of cultured pearls accounts for 2/3 of the whole country, and shrimp accounts for 40% of Guangdong Province. The second is minerals and marine oil and gas resources. The reserves and quality of non-metallic minerals such as kaolin, diatomite, bentonite and peat soil in Zhanjiang are among the highest in the province. The continental shelf basin near Zhanjiang in the northern South China Sea is one of the four largest offshore oil and gas gathering and transportation centers in the world. In 2004, the oil and gas equivalent was 965.438 billion cubic meters, and it will reach 654.385 billion tons in the next few years. The third is coastal tourism resources. In addition to the blue sea and Yinsha, our city has the only and largest volcanic lake and volcano group in China, the largest mangrove national nature reserve in Chinese mainland, and the most complete and largest coral natural breeding area in Chinese mainland.

Western Guangdong and the big cities around Beibu Gulf have certain industrial comparative advantages.

In the first half of 2005, the secondary industry in Zhanjiang accounted for 45% of GDP. The total output value of marine industry is second only to Guangzhou and Shenzhen, ranking third in Guangdong Province. Eight pillar industries, such as port petrochemical, offshore oil and gas development, electric power, paper making, agriculture and seafood processing, feed, textile and electrical machinery, and four bases, such as southern petrochemical, agriculture and seafood processing and export, advanced paper making and small household appliances manufacturing, have been initially formed. With the construction and preparation of a number of large-scale and extra-large industrial projects, industries such as Lingang Petrochemical, Electric Power, Paper-making and Steel are becoming the leading industries of Zhanjiang's industrialization, and Zhanjiang is becoming an important heavy chemical industrial base in the province. In agriculture, Zhanjiang is one of the four sugarcane bases in China. Zhanjiang is also the largest base of eucalyptus, sisal and mangrove in China. This is the famous hometown of pineapple, mango and orange, and it is also the base of transporting southern food to the north. The city has built five categories of 2 1 agricultural commodity bases. At the same time, the tertiary industry has a considerable scale and is an important logistics center in western and southwestern Guangdong.

The pilot cities in the National Ecological Demonstration Zone have a good entrepreneurial living environment.

In 2003, Zhanjiang was awarded the title of excellent tourist city in China, and in 2005, it was successfully established as a national garden city. In 2006, Zhanjiang was once declared as a national health city, a national environmental protection model city and a national civilized city. Zhanjiang is a national key city for environmental protection and a national ecological demonstration city. In 2004, Zhanjiang ranked first in Guangdong and second in China in the evaluation of urban environmental quality.

In recent years, the intensity of urban construction and management has been increasing, with an annual green area of 500,000 square meters and two parks built each year. The reconstruction of urban main roads such as Shenchuan Avenue has been completed, and a number of large parks and community gardens have been built one after another. The city has taken on a new look, highlighting the style of tropical garden city in South China.

Zhanjiang is a famous seaside commercial ancient town in history, and Xuwen Port is the port of origin of the Maritime Silk Road. Dating back to 4000 BC, the remaining ancient cultural relics can be clearly seen: Zhanjiang has had the blood of Chinese civilization since ancient times.