| Primary Indicators | Secondary Indicators | Tertiary Indicators |
| Location value elements | Natural location conditions | Number of berths (individual) Number of berths above ten thousand tons (individual) Annual capacity (billion tons) Length of berth shoreline (m) |
| Production capacity | Goods throughput (billion tons) Container throughput (10,000 TEU) Foreign trade throughput (10,000 tons) Passenger throughput (10,000 people) | |
| External economic environment | Annual GDP of cities (billion yuan) | |
| Total urban foreign trade imports and exports (billions of USD) | ||
| Foreign direct investment in cities (billions of dollars) | ||
| Total Retail Sales of Consumer Goods in Urban Society (billion yuan) | ||
| Development and competitive environment | Freight throughput growth rate (%) Container throughput growth rate (%) Urban GDP growth rate (%) Urban foreign trade import and export growth rate (%) |