Nantong in Jiangsu Province is one ofthe 14 coastal port cities designated to opento the outside world. Recent years saw theincreasing importance of the Nantong Har-bour, with its cargo handling capacitymiraculously shooting up from 2.96 milliontonnes in 1980 to 10.19 million tonnes in1985. Nantong has grown from a lack-lus-ter inland river harbour into an importantsea port of China and the hub of theriver-sea coordinated transport system inthe Yangtze River Valley. Although it is Nantong in Jiangsu Province is one of the 14 coastal port cycles designated to open to the outside world. Recent years saw the increasing importance of the Nantong Har-bour, with its cargo handling capacitymiraculously shooting up from 2.96 million tonsnes in 1980 to 10.19 million tonnes in1985. Grown from a lack-lus-ter inland river harbour into an importantsea port of China and the hub of theriver-sea coordinated transport system inthe Yangtze River Valley. although it is