Modern Logistics
Shenzhen is the only city in China that has marine, terrestrial and aerial ports. Currently, it has 12 ports at large. In 2005, traveller passage reached 156 million person-times, while vehicle passage amounted to 14.84 million vehicle-times.
Shenzhen has sea port zones in both the east and the west areas, with 53 berths over 10,000 tonnage and 145 regular international container liner courses, forming an international container liner network with Shenzhen Port as the hinge to service major ports in the top 12 navigation zones of the world.
In 2005, Shenzhen Port became the fourth largest port in the world, and its cargo throughput exceeded 153 million tons and container throughput reached 16.1968 TEUs.
Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport is the fourth largest airport in China. Currently, it has 95 domestic flight routes and 18 international flight routes. In 2005, the passenger throughput of Shenzhen Airport reached 15.75 million person-times, and its goods and post throughput reached 466,000 tons, which boosted Shenzhen Airport to the top 50 among global goods transportation enterprises.
Shenzhen has a well-designed and well-built highway, expressway and railway network, with 1,800km of highway and 200km of expressway, with a highway density of 0.75km/km2. The five airports in Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Macao and Zhuhai are all within 90 minutes driving distance. Shenzhen is the joint point of the Beijing-Guangzhou, Beijing-Kowloon and Guangzhou-Kowloon Railways. Shenzhen's expressway connects Shenzhen with Hong Kong and other major cities of the Pearl River Delta.
Shenzhen Metro Phase 1 was launched at the end of 2004. Shenzhen Metro Line 4 is under construction through cooperation between Shenzhen and Hong Kong, and will be connected to the Hong Kong MTR Network in 2008. The Shenzhen-HK western channel project will also be launched in July 2006.
Since the end of 2005, Shenzhen Metro Line 3 has been under construction, along with the urban rail transit system.