With the rapid increase of container port′s throughput and innovation of CIQ supervisory modes nationwide,especially accompanying the implementation of extended CIQ policy and trial execution of district-port joint development,the back-up lands of container ports have appeared obviously unadaptable to the demands of port development.

The new ideas,new train of thoughts and new methods for coastline and land area layout planning and design of modern container port area are probed into on the basis of the accumulations from study and work.

This paper introduces the general layout design for land area of Phase I Project of Songyu Port Area of Xiamen Harbour,and sums up the main difficult points of design to provide a reference for similar projects.

the character of harbour layout under condition of narrow land area are introduced in this paper and the problems which should consider in design are also proposed in it.

The desertification of inland water in China and its countermeasures;

This paper analyzed the status of water resources of inland water in and abroad,especially discussed the water pollution and the main causes.