Global trade cannot exist without an efficient shipping industry. As the backbone of the world's economy, nearly 90 percent of global trade is seaborne. According to the World Shipping Council, Shanghai ranks first in the world's top 50 container ports, as the largest exporter of goods delivered via container services.  16 Chinese ports are in the top 50 list, and among the top 10, seven are from China.

The Port of Dalian, in northeastern China's Liaoning Province, boasts one of the five biggest ports in the country. The port saw a throughput of 467 million tons of cargo (up 2.8 percent), and it processed 9.7 million containers (up 0.6 percent) last year. CGTN heads to the port to see how it facilitates trade in north China.

CGTN's special program "New China" gives you an in-depth look at China 70 years on. The CGTN crew is on a 12-day journey around China's southwestern, southeastern and northeastern regions. Don't miss it!