China has 34 major ports and more than 2000 minor ports. The former are mostly sea ports (except for ports such as Shanghai, Nanjing and Nantong along the Changjiang river and Guangzhou in the Pearl river delta) opening up to the Yellow sea (Bo Hai), Taiwan straits, Pearl river and South China Sea while the latter comprise ports that lie along the major and minor rivers of China. Most of China's major cities are also ports or are facilitated by a port nearby.
The major ports in China, listed North to South, consist of:
1. Dalian 2. Yingkou 3. Jinzhou 4. Qinhuangdao 5. Tianjin 6. Yantai 7. Weihai 8. Qingdao 9. Rizhao 10. Lianyungang 11. Nantong 12. Zhenjiang 13. Jiangyin 14. Nanjing 15. Shanghai 16. Ningbo 17. Zhoushan 18. Taizhou (North of Wenzhou) 19. Wenzhou 20. Taizhou (South of Wenzhou) 21. Changle 22. Quanzhou 23. Xiamen 24. Shantou 25. Jieyang 26. Guangzhou 27. Zhuhai 28. Shenzhen 29. Zhanjiang 30. Beihai 31. Fangchenggang 32. Haikou 33. Basuo 34. Sanya