China has the largest share of container throughput in the world． The initiatives of domestic eco-nomic strategy of the “Silk Ｒoad Economic Belt”and “21st Century Maritime Silk Ｒoad”( jointly referred to as “One Belt One Ｒoad”) have brought new opportunities to Chinese ports． Port management and operations involve optimization for single or multiple resource allocation from the perspective of the port，collaborative be-havior and mechanism from the perspective of port groups，and collaborative behavior and mechanism among ports，carriers and shippers from the perspective of maritime supply chain． This paper shows the critical role of Chinese ports in the global maritime logistics and reviews literature on port management and operations in re-cent decades． Furthermore，this paper points out current research limitations considering the practical issues in China． The goal of this paper is to emphasize the necessity and importance of certain research areas，and to suggest more research efforts on potential hot topics．