The port of Fuzhou, situated at the north east of Fujian Proviance and bordering the Taiwan Strait on the east, is a historic open port and one of the coastal hub ports for foreign trade in China. There are 45 productive berths in the port, among which 13 deepwater berths are for vessels of over 10,000 dwt. the throughput capacity in 1995 was 10.27 million tons and containers handled were 150,000 TEUs.

During the Eighth Five-Year Plan period, 5 berths were built in Quingzhou port area, i.e. 2 container berths for vessels of 15,000 dwt grain and general cargo berths for vessels of 15,000 dwt and one passenger berth for vessels of 7,500 dwt. At the same time, one berth for vessels of 3,000 dwt at Yingqian were completed. The designed annual throughput capacity was increased by 2.34 million tons and the passenger traffic was increased by 300,000 persons.