Secondly, relevant theories of port hinterland division have been put forward, and problems of the current status and the necessity of the research have been pointed out.

"We are a kind of hinterland-based trans-shipment port because we're based on the Yangtze River Delta," Mr Chen says.

The Min River basin, where Fuzhou was the port and the whole basin served as the hinterland was a good example of the interaction between the port and the hinterland.