China to increase port regions to five

SteelOrbis Shanghai Chinese Ministry of Communications announced that they would add two new port regions to the currently existing three. Accordingly,China will build new ports on the mainland side of the Taiwan Straits in southern Fujian province and in Hainan city of southern Guangdong province. Currently, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Tianjin are the three major port regions of China. The new ports will provide easy access to containers and industrial materials.