Guangzhou port trade

Timeline

1. 1270–1279Guangzhou Maritime Trade Superintendency · Guangdong ProvinceFollowing Song precedent, the Yuan dynasty established a maritime trade superintendency at Guangzhou, taxing incoming foreign merchant ships, inspecting cargo, and managing the foreigner quarters, ensuring institutional continuity for South China Sea routes and Indian Ocean–South China Sea transshipment.
2. 1270–1279Guangzhou port · Guangdong ProvincePersian, Arab, Indian, and Southeast Asian merchants traded spices, ivory, pearls, and porcelain here; some goods were transshipped overland to Dadu, while Guangzhou, Quanzhou, and Hangzhou together formed the Yuan maritime trade triangle network.