Development of ports and shipping in China are continuing at aphenomenal pace. They are now entering a second phase in thesedevelopments. With basic capacity to handle China's growing foreigntrade established, China's ports and shipping are now beingrationalized in terms of inland infrastructure and inter- modalnetworks, optimum trade flows, foreign alliances, and physical formsor consolidation of cargo. These developments re driven by the lackof a large, deep water ocean fleet on one hand and limited waterdepths at many major ports.
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