According to Article 3 of Chapter 1 of the Regulations of the Ministry of Communications on Port Planning and Management, the Ministry of Communications is responsible for the national port planning and management. The Ministry of Communications is in charge of national ports.

It should be an enterprise directly under the Ministry of Communications, not a port. Local maritime bureaus, salvage bureaus and other enterprises are directly under the Ministry of Communications. Details of directly affiliated enterprises are as follows:

Ministry of Communications Maritime Bureau Environmental Protection Center China Maritime Service Center Liaoning Maritime Bureau Yingkou Maritime Bureau Hebei Maritime Bureau Tianjin Maritime Bureau Shandong Maritime Bureau Yantai Maritime Bureau Jiangsu Maritime Bureau Li Anyun Port Maritime Bureau Shanghai Maritime Bureau Fujian Maritime Bureau Xiamen Maritime Bureau Guangdong Maritime Bureau Shantou Maritime Bureau Shenzhen Maritime Bureau Zhanjiang Maritime Bureau Guangxi Maritime Bureau Hainan Maritime Bureau Heilongjiang Maritime Bureau Maritime Rescue and Salvage Bureau. Ministry of Communications Shanghai Maritime Rescue and Salvage Bureau, Ministry of Communications Guangzhou Maritime Rescue and Salvage Bureau, Ministry of Communications Yantai Maritime Rescue and Salvage Bureau, Ministry of Communications China Classification Society, Ministry of Communications Waterway Research Institute, Ministry of Communications Tianjin Waterway Engineering Research Institute, Ministry of Communications Planning and Research Institute People's Communications Press China Communications News Beijing Traffic Management Cadre College, China Communications Center, Beijing Communications Hospital, Yangtze River Waterway Administration, Dalian Maritime University.