1. Smart ports are an important part of smart cities and an important standard to measure the level of urban modernization.
2. As an advanced stage of port construction and development, the premise of smart port construction and development lies in the combination of modern management theory and advanced science and technology; The purpose of its construction and development is to improve the quality of port resource allocation, enhance the port's sustainable competitive development ability, and promote the construction and promotion of an efficient, high-quality, convenient, fast, intelligent, standardized and intelligent port service system.
Therefore, under the background of informationization and big data era, with the concept of "smart city", the internet plus plan, the Belt and Road Initiative and the goal of "building a strong country" put forward and implemented, the construction of smart ports has ushered in development opportunities, and its importance and necessity are becoming more and more obvious. Strengthening the research on smart ports and related issues has become the objective demand and inevitable trend of port construction, reform and development in China.