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Nanan Port, located in Nanan Street, Gaoyao District, Zhaoqing City, Guangdong Province, is a regional inland port along the Xijiang River. The relevant water transport port code data in China corresponds CNGYN to "Gaoyao Nan'an Port", with a functional code of port, and indicates that it has the original second-class port attributes; Port locations along the Xijiang River The location value of Nan'an Port mainly comes from the Xijiang waterway channel. Gaoyao is located in an important area where the main stream of the Xijiang River enters the the Pearl River Delta. The urban area on the south bank is close to the Xijiang River, maintaining water transport links with Zhaoqing urban area and other ports along the Xijiang River. Compared with the large deep-water seaport at the the Pearl River Estuary, the south port has the characteristics of inland port and regional freight node, and its service scope mainly relies on Gaoyao and the surrounding industries and trade hinterland of Zhaoqing. Gaoyao itself is an important node of the Xijiang Economic Belt. The water transport of the Xijiang River can connect Foshan, Guangzhou and the port system of the the Pearl River Estuary downstream, and extend to Guangxi and other regions upstream. Therefore, the transportation significance of Nan'an Port is not limited to the location of the port, but is reflected in the connection between the transportation of the Xijiang River and the Pearl River Delta port network. Port and Port Attributes CNGYN is listed as "Gaoyao Nan'an Port" in the codes of major water transport ports and related locations in China, and historical records indicate it as "original second-class port". This attribute indicates that Nan'an once undertook certain functions of external water transportation and port transportation. It should be noted that the "original second-class port" belongs to the historical port attribute and does not necessarily mean that it still has the qualification of an independent open port. Therefore, when introducing Nan'an Port, it is more suitable to use it as the background of the port's history and transportation system for explanation, rather than directly stating it as a current open port. Freight and shipping connections There is relatively little disclosure of the specific number of berths, dock level, designed throughput, and channel scale of Nan'an Port in public port information. However, CNGYN is still used as an independent port location code by the International Shipping Data System, and ship records with NANAN/CNGYN as the destination port can also be seen in actual ship dynamics, such as bulk carriers being recorded as sailing to that port. Overall, the core feature of Nan'an Port CNGYN is a regional inland port that relies on Xijiang water transportation, serves high demand and the hinterland of Zhaoqing, and has certain historical port transportation attributes. The value of its port is more reflected in the regional connectivity of the freight network along the Xijiang River and the Pearl River Delta water transportation system, rather than the function of a large seaport as an ocean hub.