On this day, 41 years ago, on December 28, 1984 (November 7, 1984, the lunar calendar), Shanghai Port jumped into the ranks of the top ten ports in the world. Busy Shanghai Port On the afternoon of December 28, 1984, when the bell of the Customs Building beside the Huangpu River sounded fifth, the throughput of Shanghai Port that year had reached 100014926 tons. This is a historic breakthrough. In 1984, throughput will increase by 10% compared with 1983, exceed design capacity by 30%, and double in less than 10 years, equivalent to ten Shanghai ports during the first Five-Year Plan period. While setting a record of 100 million tons, Shanghai Port has set its sights on a new level: to realize computer management in Hong Kong during the "Seventh Five-Year Plan" period, and to double its throughput by the end of the 20th century! On the 28th, the Ministry of Communications sent a congratulatory message to the Shanghai Port Authority. Since its opening in 1843, Shanghai Port exceeded the annual throughput mark of 100 million tons for the first time in 1984, thus jumping into the ranks of the world's 10 million-ton major ports, completing the national "Sixth Five-Year Plan" targets one year ahead of schedule.