The port's first phase project is invested with CNY300 million (US$43.9 million) of which CNY250 million has been collected. A 20,000-tonne berth with ancillary facility has been completed. The port with a quay length of 260 metres will have a designed annual capacity of 650,000 tonnes.
The port stems form Sanya port's function separation from freight, fishing and passenger transport. It will become a freight port area for Sanya port and an international carrying trade centre of South China, advancing the trade development between Southeast Asian countries and Taiwan.