As the biggest water ,land and air transportation hub in inland China, Wuhan has long been well known as a “throughfare to nine provinces”. With an equidistance of 1000 km away from other major Chinese cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Xi'an, Wuhan stands out as China's geo-economic “heart” and plays a role of linking east and west, connecting north and south and serving all directions. The unique geographical advantage gives the edge to Wuhan's exceptional advantage in transportation. China's north—south and east—west traffic arteries such as 4 trunk railway lines of Beijing—Zhuhai and Shanghai—Chengdu, Beijing—Kowloon, Wuhan—Jiujiang and Wuhan—Danjiangkou and6 national expressways such as Beijing—Zhuhai and Shanghai—Chengdu meet in Wuhan. A passenger—cargo water transport network has taken shape, which combines trunk and branch route service and gives acess to the sea. Wuhan Port boasts a key hub prot on the Yangtze, which opens to foreign ships. As the biggest airport in central China, Wuhan Tianhe Airport is the only airport in the region offering visa service to foreign visitors. The operation of its second terminal building will enable Wuhan Airport to rand among China's top 4 hub airport. The great advantages in its geographical location and transportation have brought about the rapid growth of Wuhan's modern logistics. To build Wuhan into a state level logistics hub city, a mdern logistics system in well planned with modern logistics parks, logistics centers and delivery centers as the joints. As a result, Wuhan emerges as bridge connecting domestic and international markets and promoting interaction among China's eastern, central and westtern parts. |