Research Into The Development Strategy Of Suzhou Port

In order to combine port resources and promote the development of Yangtze river-shore, a strategic decision, so-called "three to one" was made by the government of Suzhou, under this circumstance, Suzhou Port, a new and special port, was established, it consists of three self-governed ports, there are Zhangjiagang Port, Changshu Port and Taichang Port . because of the problems from people's cognition and Chinese social system, this government-driving combination encounters some problems now, it has been a hot topic concerned by common people as well as insider that how to make a new development with new Suzhou Port.On the one hand, in this thesis, we can see from port itself, Suzhou Port is combined with three ports which have different subjection, different system, different background, and different character respectively, so Suzhou Port has its disadvantage of decentralization, it is necessary for us to straighten out management system, make a scientific layout, straighten out the industry order, and so on. Mean while, Suzhou Port has its own advantage as well, such as location-based advantage, shore resources advantage, strong economy advantage, and the advantages benefit from Shanghai International Shipping Center, and market-oriental advantage, and so on. Suzhou Port is now facing a lot of opportunities after state port system reform.On the other hand, we can also see from the trend of development at home and abroad, the development of port is now going out the restrictions from regions and system, and heading for the direction of diversification, market-oriental, logistics, specialization. It is imperative for Suzhou Port to expand its functions and services, combine its resources, promote its merger, and make a rapid development.In this thesis, I, through analysing the relativity between economic development and port development, will indicate the inadaptability between the development of Suzhou Port and the development of regional economy, expatiate on the development of Suznou Port requested by the increasing Suzhou economy, illustrate the development position and strategy-making for suzhou port as well as the measures should be taken, point out it is necessary for Suzhou Port to makea scientific layout, manage port affairs according to law, straighten out management system, develop river-shore economy and quicken the pace of infrastructure construction, the conclusion we can make from this thesis as follows:The development position for Suzhou Port1 ) Spporting port of industry-belt of yangtze river-shore;2) Important transshipping port of middle and upper river of Yangtze;3) Main-line container terminals of Yangtze river;4) Core port of Shanghai International Shipping Center;5) The No. One foreign trade port with annual handling capacity over 100 million tons in Jiangsu province.The development strategy for Suzhou Port1) Alliance strategy;2) Free trade port strategy; 3 ) Logistics strategy;4) Be open to navigation with taiwan ports strategy;5) Diversification strategy.In a word, from problems to trend, from demand to strategy, from concept to measures, this thesis will give you a main idea of the development of Suzhou Port and will definitely provide valued-suggestions to those who are in relevant industries and administrative departments.