History Of Quanzhou Port

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HISTORY OF QUANZHOU PORT
Port of Quanzhou is a sea port with a complete facilities in Quanzhou city which is in the south eastern part of Fujian province, China. Quanzhou Port is more than 1,300 years and the world's largest port in the history. It is the only starting point of the maritime Silk Road recognized in the world. Due to the 541 km length of the coastline Quanzhou Port became one of the three major ports in Fujian Province. Historically, Quanzhou Port jurisdiction over the 4 Bays, 5 Ports, and 16 operating areas, this made it became the most famous port in the world. "The Travels of Marco Polo" believe that the Quanzhou port can be paired or even more ambitious than the Port of Arizona. Quanzhou Port was the place which Marco …show more content…

In order to show appreciates and maintain the foreign investments, Tang Wenzong allow the foreign investors to do businesses without paying extra taxes. Due to the extremely concern was given by the Min State, the foreign trades of Quanzhou Port had further developed during the Five Dynasties. The last Five Dynasties, Quanzhou expanded the scope of the city by adding the infrastructure such as adding the road and build the warehouse to meet the needs of overseas transport trade …show more content…

The shipping department is to encourage the overseas transportation trade. For example, the praying activities will held by the specialized shipping department and local officials to wish the safe of shipping.
During Yuan Dynasty, Quanzhou Port had the trade relationships between nearly a hundred countries and regions, mainly the Western countries has been further developed. At the time, Quanzhou Port was an important international trade port and also the main distribution centre of the China and foreign trades. Due to the decade-long war of the “Ispah Rebellion”, Quanzhou port was fall in the late Yuan Dynasty. The war not only hits the socio-economic of Quanzhou and Xinghua but also led to the decadence of the world's largest port.
During Ming Dynasty, Quanzhou socio-economic has redeveloped. The foreign trades were extremely limited, due to the implementation of the sea ban and restricted by the Ming

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