| Seaports | Administrative region | Freight volume (million tons) | Per cent of total freight volume (per cent) |
| Ningbo-Zhoushan | Zhejiang province | 1,007 | 11.68 |
| Shanghai | Shanghai municipality | 706 | 8.19 |
| Guangzhou | Guangdong province | 566 | 6.56 |
| Tangshan | Hebei province | 565 | 6.55 |
| Qingdao | Shandong province | 508 | 5.89 |
| Tianjin | Tianjin municipality | 503 | 5.83 |
| Dalian | Liaoning province | 451 | 5.23 |
| Yingkou | Liaoning province | 362 | 4.20 |
| Rizhao | Shandong province | 360 | 4.17 |
| Yantai | Shandong province | 286 | 3.32 |
| Top 10 seaports |
| 5314 | 61.61 |
| All seaports |
| 8,625 | 100 |