The cargo and container handling capacity of China's ports currently respectively stand at 4.91 billion tons and 75.8 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), taking it to top rank in the world for the third consecutive year.

Quoting a meeting of China Association of Port-of-Entry, the overseas edition of the People's Daily said on Thursday that China has developed its own approach to opening up air,land and sea ports.

China has opened 253 state-level ports to the outside world, including 133 water transport ports, 17 railway ports, 47 road ports and 56 aviation ports, the report said.

Source: Xinhua