Yangshan Deepwater Port Area is located in Shengsi rugged archipelago outside the mouth of Hangzhou Bay, Zhejiang Province. It consists of dozens of islands, such as Dayangshan and Xiaoyangshan, and is the first port built on a tiny island in China. It is the basis for China to develop the Shanghai Free Trade Zone and build a maritime power. Yangshan Deepwater Port Area (Phase I Project) successfully opened on June 5438+February 10, 2005, becoming the largest container deepwater port in China. Peter Struis, president of the International Association of Ports, visited Yangshan Port three times and sighed: "I have been to all the major ports in the world and have seen some ports built on islands, but it is rare for an island like Yangshan to build such a large-scale modern port so far away from the mainland." With the addition of Yangshan Deepwater Port, in 20 10, Shanghai Port completed the container throughput of 29.07 million TEUs, surpassing Singapore for the first time to become the busiest container port in the world. On February 23rd, 20 14, the fourth phase of Yangshan Deepwater Port Area of Shanghai International Shipping Center officially started construction, which is the first fully automatic container terminal in China with a total investment of about 139 billion yuan. It is expected to be completed on 20 17. By then, the annual throughput of Shanghai Port will exceed 40 million TEUs, which is the sum of the throughput of all ports in the United States and one-tenth of the current annual throughput of global ports.