Tangshan leverages its port to boost industry and ignite the “blue economy” engine.

April 27, 2026, 9:00 AM
China Transportation News Network
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This paper focuses on the strategy and practice of Tangshan City in Hebei Province to promote the high-quality development of marine economy by relying on port advantages. The article takes the busy scene of Tangshan Port Jingtang Port area as the starting point, and points out that the port is the leader of marine economic development. Tangshan City has promoted the integration of port production and land-sea linkage by accelerating the construction of 12 port projects, cultivating new business forms such as shipping services, improving the collection and distribution system (such as deepening cooperation with Shanghai Port and encrypting routes), and strengthening the construction of inland ports to build international sea-land channels. In the first quarter, the cargo throughput of Tangshan Port exceeded 0.2 billion tons, up 3.67 year on year, with remarkable results. At the same time, the article takes the intelligent manufacturing project of the iron tower in the Seaport Economic Development Zone as an example, and shows how the port industry development model of "front port and back factory", "local materials, and nearby transformation" can effectively reduce the logistics cost of enterprises and extend the coastal industrial chain. Realize the integrated development of ports, industries, and cities, and finally activate the "blue engine" of regional high-quality development ".
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