The east beach of Hengsha locates at the estuary of the Yangtze River with deep-water channel at north passage of the Yangtze River in the south, 10 m planned channel at north port in the north, ocean in the east and Changxing island in the west. It is an area embodied with all various advantages such as “ Location, Channel,Coast Line, Land” and large area for land formation. This article puts forward the idea on exploration of Hengsha as the new base for the development of Shanghai based on the difficulty of resource shortage and opportunities for development as to render a service to the construction of Shanghai International Shipping Center and the portneighboring economy growth.