An aerial view of Qidong’s Lyusi Port. The port has undergone an amazing transformation from a small fishing port to a deep-water coastal port, after decades of development. [Photo/WeChat account of Qidong Daily]

Lyusi Port in Qidong, a county-level city in Nantong, Jiangsu province, has undergone an amazing metamorphosis from once being a small fishing port to evolving into a deep-water coastal port after decades of development, according to local officials. 

Located 90 kilometers away from Shanghai, Lyusi Port is one of the six national-level fishing ports, a designation it was awarded by the Ministry of Agriculture in 2002. 

Officials said the first phase of the 42-kilometer navigation channel construction project has now been completed. The port is now capable of providing berths for more than 60 100,000-tons-level vessels. 

Lyusi Port is expected to play a huge role in developing the Belt and Road Initiative and the Yangtze River Economic Belt.