China: Qingdao Port keeps expanding its global shipping services
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
A drone photo taken on Oct. 8, 2026 shows cargo ships docking at Qingdao Port in Qingdao, east China’s Shandong Province. As an international shipping hub in Northeast Asia, Qingdao Port has been expanding its shipping network, adding 16 foreign trade routes so far this year. The port now operates nearly 240 foreign trade routes, connecting over 700 ports in over 180 countries and regions. (Xinhua/Li Ziheng)
An aerial drone photo taken on Oct. 8, 2026 shows a view of Qingdao Port in Qingdao, east China’s Shandong Province. As an international shipping hub in Northeast Asia, Qingdao Port has been expanding its shipping network, adding 16 foreign trade routes so far this year. The port now operates nearly 240 foreign trade routes, connecting over 700 ports in over 180 countries and regions. (Xinhua/Li Ziheng)
A drone photo taken on Oct. 8, 2026 shows freight trucks at a container terminal of Qingdao Port in Qingdao, east China’s Shandong Province. As an international shipping hub in Northeast Asia, Qingdao Port has been expanding its shipping network, adding 16 foreign trade routes so far this year. The port now operates nearly 240 foreign trade routes, connecting over 700 ports in over 180 countries and regions. (Xinhua/Li Ziheng)
Workers untie the mooring lines of a cargo ship at Qingdao Port in Qingdao, east China’s Shandong Province, Oct. 8, 2026. As an international shipping hub in Northeast Asia, Qingdao Port has been expanding its shipping network, adding 16 foreign trade routes so far this year. The port now operates nearly 240 foreign trade routes, connecting over 700 ports in over 180 countries and regions. (Xinhua/Li Ziheng)
A drone photo taken on Oct. 8, 2026 shows cargo ships docking at Qingdao Port in Qingdao, east China’s Shandong Province. As an international shipping hub in Northeast Asia, Qingdao Port has been expanding its shipping network, adding 16 foreign trade routes so far this year. The port now operates nearly 240 foreign trade routes, connecting over 700 ports in over 180 countries and regions. (Xinhua/Li Ziheng)
A drone photo taken on Oct. 8, 2026 shows a cargo ship departing from Qingdao Port in Qingdao, east China’s Shandong Province. As an international shipping hub in Northeast Asia, Qingdao Port has been expanding its shipping network, adding 16 foreign trade routes so far this year. The port now operates nearly 240 foreign trade routes, connecting over 700 ports in over 180 countries and regions. (Xinhua/Li Ziheng)
A drone photo taken on Oct. 8, 2026 shows a cargo ship departing from Qingdao Port in Qingdao, east China’s Shandong Province. As an international shipping hub in Northeast Asia, Qingdao Port has been expanding its shipping network, adding 16 foreign trade routes so far this year. The port now operates nearly 240 foreign trade routes, connecting over 700 ports in over 180 countries and regions. (Xinhua/Li Ziheng)
A drone photo taken on Oct. 8, 2026 shows a cargo ship docking at Qingdao Port in Qingdao, east China’s Shandong Province. As an international shipping hub in Northeast Asia, Qingdao Port has been expanding its shipping network, adding 16 foreign trade routes so far this year. The port now operates nearly 240 foreign trade routes, connecting over 700 ports in over 180 countries and regions. (Xinhua/Li Ziheng)
An aerial drone photo taken on Oct. 8, 2026 shows a view of Qingdao Port in Qingdao, east China’s Shandong Province. As an international shipping hub in Northeast Asia, Qingdao Port has been expanding its shipping network, adding 16 foreign trade routes so far this year. The port now operates nearly 240 foreign trade routes, connecting over 700 ports in over 180 countries and regions. (Xinhua/Li Ziheng)
A drone photo taken on Oct. 8, 2026 shows a cargo ship departing from Qingdao Port in Qingdao, east China’s Shandong Province. As an international shipping hub in Northeast Asia, Qingdao Port has been expanding its shipping network, adding 16 foreign trade routes so far this year. The port now operates nearly 240 foreign trade routes, connecting over 700 ports in over 180 countries and regions. (Xinhua/Li Ziheng)
This photo taken on Oct. 8, 2026 shows freight trucks at a container terminal of Qingdao Port in Qingdao, east China’s Shandong Province. As an international shipping hub in Northeast Asia, Qingdao Port has been expanding its shipping network, adding 16 foreign trade routes so far this year. The port now operates nearly 240 foreign trade routes, connecting over 700 ports in over 180 countries and regions. (Xinhua/Li Ziheng)
A cargo ship departs from Qingdao Port in Qingdao, east China’s Shandong Province, Oct. 8, 2026. As an international shipping hub in Northeast Asia, Qingdao Port has been expanding its shipping network, adding 16 foreign trade routes so far this year. The port now operates nearly 240 foreign trade routes, connecting over 700 ports in over 180 countries and regions. (Xinhua/Li Ziheng)
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Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
