STORY: Smart ports help China consolidate its booming foreign trade
SHOOTING TIME: July 10, 2024
DATELINE: July 13, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:20
LOCATION: TIANJIN, China
CATEGORY: ECONOMY

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1. various of the Tianjin Port

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Smart port construction, which incorporates technologies such as 5G, AI, autonomous driving, and cloud computing, has completely transformed Tianjin Port in northern China. 

The port now stands as the world's first intelligent zero-carbon terminal.

The smart terminal increases the operating efficiency of a single gantry crane by more than 40 percent and reduces labor costs by 60 percent.

In recent years, China has been vigorously developing smart transport and logistics as it pushes to build world-class smart and green ports.

In addition to Tianjin Port, Ningbo-Zhoushan Port, the world's busiest port in terms of cargo throughput, has also ridden the wave of intelligent port construction.

Lin Yikun, an official from the China Communications and Transportation Association, said that about 90 percent of China's foreign trade is shipped by sea, and that the development of smart ports will enhance operational efficiency and significantly contribute to the growth of China's foreign trade.

China has eight of the world's top 10 busiest ports in terms of cargo throughput and seven of the world's top 10 ports in terms of container throughput.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Tianjin, China.
(XHTV)