Conceptual planning of hub port will fundamentally solve the outstanding problems of Yichang port, such as insufficient development, lagging development, incomplete functions, unreasonable structure, low utilization rate of coastline, low production efficiency, disorderly development and insufficient development potential. The strategic planning of the Three Gorges Hub Port has been initially formed, and it will be positioned as a "dam-turning transit port, industrial export port, Three Gorges tourist port and western sea port". Relying on the layout of "one axis, two wings and four reservoirs", it will strive to build "nine districts and one center".