Business environment
Business environment is deemed as productivity and competitiveness by GZP. Optimizing the business environment in an all-round way is not only an inevitable requirement to realize transformation and upgrading, but also an urgent need to create new advantages in an open economy. Guangzhou Port has always attached great importance to improving the business environment and trade facilitation, actively implemented the national plan on further removal and standardization of import and export fees, promoted competition and lowered the foreign trade import and export container fees, as the main enterprise of South China's comprehensive main hub port. Guangzhou Port is contributing to high-quality, disinterested and clean service climate for trading activities, through measures such as continuously improving the comprehensive service capability of port logistics and helping to promote the continuous improvement of customs clearance efficiency.
Transportation Advantage
>Sea transportation
Nansha is equipped with large terminals for containers, automobiles, petrochemicals and bulk cargo, and operates 102 international container liner routes and 63 barge feeder lines.
>Land transportation
Eight 200-kilometer high-speed roads were built or are being built, including Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao Expressway, Nansha Port Expressway, Ring Expressway, Humen Expressway, Huanglan Expressway, Shenzhen-Zhongshan Bridge, thereby making the major cities in the Pearl River Delta maximum one hour’s drive away.
>Railway transportation
The Nansha Shugang Railway under construction will be completed and put into use in 2020.
>Air transportation
There are five international airports nearby with a fast access to Baiyun Airport, so as to develop the "Guangdong-Hong Kong Cross-border Warehouse" project to achieve direct land connection with the Hong Kong Airport; it is planning to build an express boat shipping route from Hong Kong Airport to Nansha.
Carrier Support
>Guangzhou Nansha Bonded Port Area
The area of 4.988 square kilometers in Guangzhou Nansha Bonded Port Area has passed the acceptance check and put into operation on a bonded basis. In 2018, the import and export value reached 64.3 billion yuan.
>Logistics and warehousing
Guangzhou Nansha Bonded Port Area has built a logistics storage facility covering an area of 500,000 square meters, and other storage facility under construction, with a total construction area of about 410,000 square meters, such as Warehouse Eight and Vipshop, will be completed and put into use in the second half of this year. A lot of port storage facilities with a total construction area of about 660,000 square meters, including the supporting cold chain project for Nansha Port Phase III at a warehousing capacity of 460,000 tons, are accelerating their planning and construction.
Efficiency Advantage
>Paperless customs clearance
Nansha promotes the construction of such platforms as "single window", "Internet + Yitongguan", "CII Yijian" and "Smart Maritime" to achieve paperless customs clearance.
>Promote the innovation of customs clearance process
- Initiate such supervision modes as rapid inspection and release and DIT, and take such measures as the classification of goods according to status and the customs declaration after entry in the zone; first declaration and then tallying for cross-border E-commerce activities.
- Customs clearance business available on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays;
- Automatic 24-hour dual-line inspection and release for cross-border E-commerce. During the "November 11" (Promotion Day) in 2018, a total of 3.4 million applications were released.
>Build a global traceability system
Establish a tracing system for gradual collection of full-cycle information of commodities, build a big data supervision model for import and export commodities, and provide fast customs clearance for high-quality commodities.
>Create a global customs declaration system
Establish an artificial intelligence (AI) international trade information service platform to realize automatic translation and transmission of cross-border trade data.
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I. Route incentive |
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Throughput |
Incentive amount |
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More than 10,000 TEUs |
Each foreign trade route is given a maximum incentive of 1 million yuan. |
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More than 20,000 TEUs |
Each foreign trade route is given a maximum incentive of 2 million yuan. |
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More than 30,000 TEUs |
Each foreign trade route is given a maximum incentive of 3 million yuan. |
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II. Quantity incentive |
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Foreign trade container |
50 yuan / TEU for additional portion, and up to 3 million yuan (max) per company |
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Domestic trade container |
10 yuan / TEU for additional portion, and up to 1 million yuan (max) per company |
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III. Loan subsidies (up to 2 million yuan per company) |
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Import foreign trade heavy container |
10 yuan / TEU |
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Export foreign trade heavy container |
50 yuan / TEU |
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LCL export foreign trade heavy container |
100 yuan / TEU |
Cost Advantage
>Standardized port charges
The price/rates of ports, inspection stations, and intermediary agents are publicized in a single window. And measures are taken to reduce terminal operations, customs declaration, and inspection.
>Deductions and exemption of highway tolls
Subsidies are given to container vehicles in the section of the Sushiqing-Nansha Port Area in the Nansha Port Express Line. It is currently planning to expand the zero toll coverage to all sections.
>Implement government purchase inspection services
The cumulative amount of inspection fees exempted exceeded 200 million yuan, benefiting more than 2,300 foreign trade enterprises.
>Issue industry support policies
By combining with Nansha's "1+1+10" policy, the local government has issued a series of supporting policies for shipping logistics, cross-border E-commerce, automobile imports and market procurement activities to reduce the logistics operation costs of enterprises.
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Departure point / RMB |
To Nansha |
To Yantian |
Costs saved |
To Shekou / Chiwan |
Costs saved |
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Zhongshan |
1,400 |
2,700 |
1,300 |
2,640 |
1,240 |
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Huangpu |
1,750 |
1,980 |
230 |
2,040 |
290 |
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Jiangmen |
1,770 |
2,780 |
1,010 |
2,670 |
900 |
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Zhuhai |
1,900 |
2,700 |
800 |
2,610 |
710 |
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Lanshi |
1,710 |
2,100 |
390 |
1,900 |
190 |
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Sanshan |
1,710 |
2,100 |
390 |
1,900 |
190 |
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Foshan |
1,710 |
2,100 |
390 |
1,900 |
190 |
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Beijiao |
1,590 |
2,100 |
510 |
2,000 |
410 |
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Rongqi |
1,590 |
2,100 |
510 |
2,000 |
410 |
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Zhanjiang |
6,040 |
6,830 |
790 |
6,600 |
560 |
Logistics cost advantage
>Low integrated transportation costs
>High logistics efficiency
>For enterprises on the west bank of Pearl River, the barge & land transportation distance to Nansha port area is at least one-third less than that of Shenzhen and Hong Kong.
Land and water transportation advantage
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Schedule of Guangzhou Port “Shuttle Buses” in July 2019 |
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No. |
Area |
Branch Name |
Port Name |
Schedule |
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From Nansha |
From Outlets |
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1 |
Foshan Area |
Foshan Gaoming Branch |
Nansha Port Area – Gaoming Pearl River Freight Terminal |
Monday/Thursday |
Monday/Wednesday/Friday |
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2 |
Jiujiang Branch |
Nansha Port Area – Jiujiang Wharf |
Monday/Thursday |
Tuesday/Friday |
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3 |
Foshan Sanshui Branch |
Nansha Port Area –Foshan Sanshui Wharfs |
Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday |
Monday/Wednesday |
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4 |
Rongqi Branch |
Nansha Port Area –Shunde Rongqi Wharf |
Monday/Wednesday |
Tuesday/Thursday |
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5 |
Leliu Branch |
Nansha Port Area –Leliu Port |
Sunday/ Tuesday/Thursday |
Monday/Wednesday/Friday |
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6 |
Beijiao Branch |
Nansha Port Area – Shunde Beijiao Shenghu Wharf |
Sunday/ Tuesday/Thursday |
Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday |
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7 |
Nangang Branch |
Nansha Port Area – Foshan Nangang |
Tuesday/Thursday |
Wednesday/Friday |
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8 |
Beicun Branch |
Nansha Port Area – Foshan Beicun Wharf |
Weekly (Irregular) |
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▲ 44 foreign trade routes of “shuttle bus” in Guangzhou Port, including 8 in Foshan area
▲ 21 domestic trade routes of “shuttle bus” in Guangzhou Port, including 8 in Foshan area
Route network advantage
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Export destination |
Number of routes per week |
Major shipowner |
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East Africa |
2 |
Maersk, COSCO Shipping, PIL |
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West Africa, South Africa |
9 |
Maersk, MSC, COSCO Shipping, CMA, ONE, PIL, ZIM, NDS |
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Middle East & Red Sea |
4 |
Ocean Alliance, THE Alliance, PIL, HDASCO |
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India and Pakistan |
4 |
Maersk, COSCO Shipping, CMA, ONE, EMC, APL, OOCL, PIL, ZIM, WHL, RCL, IAL |
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Southeast Asia |
23 |
Sealand, COSCO Shipping, CMA, ONE, EMC, YML, APL, OOCL, PIL, ZIM, WHL, TSL, RCL, SITC, ANTONG, IAL, HARBOUR-LINK, CUL |
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Australia and Pacific Island Countries |
6 |
Maersk, MSC, APL, ONE, HMM, ONE, PIL, Swire Shipping, New Pacific line |
Advantaged foreign trade routes: Mainly covering international emerging markets
1. Nansha's African route coverage is the densest among all Chinese ports, covering East Africa, West Africa and South Africa.
2. The number of Southeast Asia routes is growing fastest, with a density comparable with Shenzhen and Hong Kong.
3. The routes to Middle East, India, Pakistan and South Pacific are growing rapidly.
Overview of foreign trade routes in Nansha Port
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Export destination |
Number of routes per week |
Major shipowner |
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Europe |
3 |
Ocean Alliance |
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Mediterranean |
2 |
Ocean Alliance, 2M+H, Hamburg Sued |
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North America |
4 |
Ocean Alliance, 2M+H, WHL, PIL |
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Japan |
7 |
COSCO Shipping, EMC, OOCL, WHL, TSL, SITC, IAL, CNC |
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South Korea |
1 |
KMTC, SINOKOR, Pan Ocean |
1.Steady development of routes in Europe, North America, Japan and South Korea
2.Service for large-sized ships: Since 2018, Nansha Port has been successfully berthed by and served container ships with a capacity of 200,000 tons for 60 times, having the daily berthing and operation capacity for the world's largest container ships.
Nansha Port Trade Container Liner Route
Guangzhou Port is China's largest domestic trade hub port.
32 domestic trade routes covering major coastal ports
Northeast China:
Yingkou, Dalian, Jinzhou; North China: Tianjin, Qingdao; East China: Shanghai, Taicang, and Ningbo;
Northeast:
Yingkou, Dalian, Jinzhou; North China: Tianjin, Qingdao; East China: Shanghai, Taicang, Ningbo; South China: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhanjiang; Southwest: Haikou, Qinzhou, Fangcheng, etc.
Inventory advantage
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CFS |
Built |
Under construction |
Bonded function |
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Nansha Phase I |
39,000 square meters |
20,000 square meters |
No |
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Nansha Phase II |
56,763 square meters |
25,000 square meters |
Yes |
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Nansha Phase III |
10,000 square meters |
320,000 square meters |
No |
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Type of goods operable in warehouses: home appliances, chemical products (such as plastic pellets, etc.), wood pulp, ceramics, furniture, lamps, metals, etc ... |
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In the future, the Nansha Port Area will continue to build nearly 100,000 square meters of warehouse facilities!
Incentive advantage
★ From 2018 to 2021, Nansha's “Belt and Road” Asian Shipping Hub Project will grant 200 million yuan as incentive funds, with an annual budget of 50 million yuan.
Assessment year: from January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018
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Incentive items |
Total amount in 2018 |
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Foreign trade route rewards |
20 million |
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International freight forwarding rewards |
30 million |
Incentive conditions for international freight forwarding enterprises: The incentive funds shall be allocated and granted according to the proportion of the eligible container quantity of the applicant to the total eligible container quantity.
Where the export quantity of heavy containers via the Nansha Port Area to Asia exceeds 1,500 TEUs (inclusive), during the assessment year, a freight forwarding company will be granted an incentive fund of no more than 2 million yuan.
As roughly shown in the application data in 2018, the average incentive amount for each TEU is more than 100 yuan.