Part Five : Transportation

1. Water Transportation
      a. Tianjin Xingang is the closest port to northern Beijing. It is located approximately 180 kilometers away from Beijing. The easiest way to get to the port is by train or bus. The Tianjin port is the largest sea port in north China. It connects with over 20 ocean routes and with 170 countries/regions around the world.

     b. Other major ports in China include Beihai port, which is a major commercial port located in Guangxi Zhuang. It serves as a important gateway to foreign trade for guangxi. The Dalian port is a very important water-rail inter model transport juncture and also the largest commercial port in northeastern China. Ningbo port is the largest commercial sea port in the Zhejiang province. It is an important port connecting Northern and Southern China.

2.Land Transportation
     a. The Silk Railroad of China is one of the most important freight railroads in China, it connects mainland China to Europe. The international freight-train network has significantly reduced transportation costs for multinational companies trading in China to Europe. For an example Hp has recently utilize the reduced cost of transportation and have been actively shipping printer ink, laptops and other electronic components.

   b. The major mode of transportation in China is rail. The railroad system has been critical to the country's economy, it carries 24% of the worlds railway transportation volume. It has been a significant contribution to the country's economy, currently the railroad system in China is the third largest rail system in the world.

  c. The most famous roads in China is the Burma Road which leads southwest from Kunming to the city of Lashio. Since its completion the government has put a strong emphasis on building highways that extend across China. Today, China's road system is still developing, as the country continues to build highways that extend across the country. China has national highways that connect the four corners of its mainland.

3. Air Transportation
   a. in the early 2000's the government of China combined the nine largest airlines into three regional groups located in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. The three largest international airports are Air China, China Eastern Airlines and China Southern Airlines.

   b. The country has more than 500 airports of all types of operations that span across the country. There exists six other major airports separate from the three largest airlines. These are Hainan Airlines, Shandong Airlines, Xiamen Boeing from the USA, and Airbus from France.