A comprehensive transport system consisting of highways, waterways, railways, airlines and pipelines is taking shape in Zhanjiang, which is one of the 45 national highway transport hubs, one of the major coastal ports in China, and one of Guangdong’s four railway transport hubs.

Shenhai and Lanhai national highways extend through Zhanjiang and connect to provincial highways and county roads, thus forming a convenient road transport network.

Zhanjiang Port, the largest natural deep water harbor in the Beibu Bay area, operates routes to more than 100 countries and regions in the world. Several major railway lines run through the city and connect it to other cities, with direct passenger trains opened to big cities including Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. In addition, Zhanjiang has a national 4D-level airport, capable of landing a Boeing 757 and other large passenger planes, and air routes to Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Hong Kong have been opened. Pipelines include a crude oil pipeline from Zhanjiang Port to Maoming and refined oil pipelines from Zhanjiang to the Pearl River Delta.

In the 12th Five-Year Plan period (2011-15), Zhanjiang has carried out the “Three Ring Roads and Four Accesses” transportation development plan to form a “one-hour economic circle”. The “Three Ring Roads” refers to the Downtown Ring, the Bay Ring, and the Peninsula Ring roads and the “Four Accesses” means that high-speed rails will connect Zhanjiang with other cities, highways will connect counties, and roads will connect towns and villages by the end of 2015. The plan will speed up the implementation of the “Rise of Zhanjiang in Five Years” plan.