Countermeasure Analysis Of Tianjin's Construction Of The Northern International Shipping Center

Most recognized international shipping centers are a combination of shipping center hardware construction and software construction.Top ranking port facilities,perfect logistics system,convenient transportation network,vast port hinterland and so on,all these are the typical characteristic of shipping center hardware construction.And advanced shipping services,develo ped shipping finance,creative shipping information technology are typical sym bols of shipping center software construction.With the acceleration of global economic integration and the vigorous development of international trade,the vari ous functions of th e international shipping center ar e constantly expanding,which has a strong ro le in prom oting the developm ent of regional economy.The construction of Tianjin North International Shipping Center is one critical step for the developm ent of China(Tianjin)Pilot Free Trade Zone and Beijing—Tianjin—Hebei Collaborative Development,and which will have profound influence on the reform of Tianjin in many ways.First of all,this paper analyzes the basic concept,ch aracteristic,development process of international shipping center,and summarize the future developm ent tendency based on that.Then the paper intr oduces present situation of Tianjin North International Shipping Center in detail from both hardware and software construction.Tianjin port cargo throughput exceeded 0.54 billion tons,ranking the world' s top fourth;container throughput of more than 14.11 million TEUs,ranking the world's top tenth.Then by com paring with the world-recognized international shipping centers such as London,Singapore and Rotterdam,this paper m akes an in-depth discussion on the location,orientation,advantages and di fferences of Tianjin North International Shipping Center.At the sam e time,this paper makes an em pirical analysis on the advantages of Tianjin' s international economy,shipping,trade and financial development.It also studies the mutual promotion mechanism between China(Tianjin)Pilot Free Trade Zone and North Interna tional Shipping Center.Finally,from the perspective of shipping infr astructure,shipping service function,shipping industry cluster,shipping inform ation and othe r aspects,the p aper puts forward the countermeasures of building Tianjin North International Shipping Center.