As the container with a banner of "the ten millionth container at Xiamen port in 2017" was lifted, the Xiamen port ranked among the most powerful ports in China with an annual handling capacity of ten million containers, Xiamen Daily reported on Dec 20.

The container business at Xiamen port has been in existence from 1983 and the then small port has now grown into one which is internationally known and bustling after 34 years' development.

People from all walks of life in Xiamen express their attitudes towards the development of Xiamen port from different perspectives.

Wang Longchu, director of Xiamen Municipal State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, said that Xiamen port was a special economic zone, a bonded logistics park and a pilot free trade zone, and will become a free port. All of these things offer preferential policies for more business.

Wang also added that the development of a city is inseparable from the development of its port and Xiamen has invited a group of leading enterprises in logistics to settle in the city in recent years, laying a solid foundation for the development of its port.

source：http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/m/xiamenbiz/2017-12/27/content_35388396.htm