Nansha port area to become new global shipping center

The Nansha Pilot Free Trade Zone will become a new international shipping hub, linking Guangzhou to more countries and regions in the years to come.

Guangzhou has been a major commercial city and a trading port in China since ancient times and Nansha, located at the estuary of the Pearl River, should play an even bigger part in the city's opening up and foreign trade, said Pan Yuzhang, deputy director of the Nansha Pilot Free Trade Zone's administrative committee.

"To this end, Nansha port is negotiating to open more global ocean routes in the coming years while expansion of the port is well underway," Pan said, without revealing specific details.