[3][4] The port also serves as the important economic and transport center for the Pearl River Delta region and Guangdong province.

It is also vital transport hub for industries located in neighboring provinces such as Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Hunan, Hubei and Jiangxi.

Guangzhou Port is situated at the intersection of the three most important rivers of Dongjiang, Xijiang and Beijiang in South China.

The port handles a range of activities which include loading and discharging, storage, bonded warehousing, container cargo services.

Many agricultural, industrial and manufactured products are shipped through the port which include oil, coal, grain, chemical fertilizer,　steel, ore and automobiles.

[10] The port is part of the Maritime Silk Road that runs from the Chinese coast to the southern tip of India, to Mombasa, from there through the Red Sea via the Suez Canal to the Mediterranean, to the Upper Adriatic region of the northern Italian hub Trieste with its rail connections to Central Europe and the North Sea.