In the past decade,the cargo throughput of Guangzhou inland river port has continued to grow rapidly,but the scale and level of wharf facilities have not been improved correspondingly,especially the construction of public cargo wharfs is relatively lagging behind.By comparing the situation of Guangzhou inland river port facilities,port operation and planned port shoreline utilization over the past decade,this paper analyzes the main problems and reasons in the development of Guangzhou inland river port.Based on the new trend of high-quality development of inland river shipping and coordinated development of port-industry-city,this paper analyzes the new demands of urban construction and economic development of Guangzhou for inland river port.In view of the problems in the development of inland river port,it puts forward suggestions on the planning and development of Guangzhou inland river port,such as optimizing spatial layout,improving shoreline utilization rate,and innovating the construction and operation mode of public cargo wharfs.