1. Geographical advantages: Zhoukou City is located in the southeast of Henan Province, between Sha Ying and Guohe River, and is an important part of the Central Plains Economic Zone. Zhoukou Port, located in the middle reaches of Sha Ying, is one of the important inland ports in central China with unique geographical advantages.

Policy support: The state and the Henan provincial government have given policy support to Zhoukou's port economy development. Zhoukou Port is listed as one of the 36 major inland ports in the national comprehensive three-dimensional transportation network planning. Henan Province has positioned Zhoukou as an important fulcrum of the Central Plains-Yangtze River Delta Economic Corridor, supported Zhoukou to build a bridgehead connecting the Yangtze River Delta, built a demonstration zone to undertake industrial transfer in the Yangtze River Delta, and accelerated the development of Zhoukou's emerging port-based economic city.