Huanghua Comprehensive Port in Cangzhou city, Hebei province is scheduled to open on August 1 this year, with 90 percent of all the preparatory work already completed.

The construction phase of Huanghua Port entered the 30-day countdown period on July 1. All the work including infrastructure construction will be finished and inspected before July 25.

Huanghua Comprehensive Port is located on the coast of Bohai, 90km away from the east of Cangzhou city in Hebei. It is on the border between Hebei and Shandong, which is the center of the Bohai-rim economic circle. The Port is 60 miles from Tianjin at the sea and 112 km overland. It is 149 miles east from Longkou at the sea and 280 km overland, 45km west from Huanghua city overland, and the Shuo(county)-Huang(hua) railway runs straight to the port.

The Port I is expected to serve southern Hebei's six inland cities, including Shijiazhuang, the provincial capital, and Baoding.

By Song Jingli

Editor: Guo Changdong