Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, one of the 3 largest hub airports in China, is designed and constructed in line with the concept of hub airport. It is so far the most modernized and most advanced airport in China, with a planned handling capacity of annually 100 million passenger times and 4.5 million ton cargo throughput. Together with the surrounding intensive transportation network including highways, railways, seaports, and light railway (under construction), Baiyun Airport offers a more fluent flow of cargo and passengers. In 2006, the passenger throughput of Baiyun Airport reached 26.2 million person times, and the international cargo is increasing at a speed of 100%. The airport economy begins to demonstrate its advantages.