The southern city Shenzhen recently said that it would accelerate its integration with Hong Kong with the construction of six new ports linking it with the special administrative region.
Cao Shaoye, director of Shenzhen Port Office, said that the scheme had received initial backing from the National Development and Reform Commission and concrete construction plans are under deliberation. The six ports to be constructed are Liantang Port, Longhua Railway Port, Fujian Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Passengers Port, Dachan Gulf Harbor Port, Nan’ao Tourists Port and a port connecting the airports in Shenzhen and Hong Kong via an undersea tunnel. The ports will link Shenzhen and Hong Kong by land, sea and rail. Meanwhile, Shenzhen will renew and expand Wenjindu Port in the wake of the work to renovate Huanggang Port.
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Friday, September 19, 2008
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