A temporary Passenger Clearance Hall to serve for three years during the building of a new Passenger Transport Center came under construction at Jiuzhou Port on June 27 and will open by December.

The first phase of the port replacement is being built on the former site of Warehouses 6 and 7 of Jiuzhou Port International Container Terminal. It encompasses a construction area of 40,000 sq m (9.9 acres), floor space of 15,000 sq m (3.7 acres), sea area of 3,000 sq m (.7 acres), and coastline of 466 m (510 yd).

Launch ceremony

The permanent Transport Center will blend both the nature and cultural landscape of Jiuzhou Bay with Blue Sea Economy Industrial Park. A land-sea transport network will take form as an urban portal transport hub, which also will have tourism functions, according to Huang Xin, chairman of Zhuhai Jiuzhou Holdings Group.

Jiuzhou Bay Area, where Jiuzhou Port sits in Jida, is the major land area of Blue Sea Economy Industrial Park. It is to set example as a comprehensive transport hub and coastal international leisure and tourism destination in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

Jiuzhou is a national Category 1 port sanctioned by the National Office of Port Administration in 1982. It has grown into China's largest waterway passenger port, receiving more than 5 million passengers annually. 

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Locals show interest [Photos by Zhu Xi / Zhuhai Daily]