With the development of the economy and network technology, EDI permeates into every aspect of society with an unprecedented speed, and is making an important effect in international trade transportation, simultaneously; the construction of port’s informationization is playing a more and more significant role in the development of modern logistics. This paper not only covers EDI’s evolution in the international shipping center of shanghai, but also analyzes EDI’s applied advantages and process of development by a theoretical way. It can be seen that the related ports and corporations must constitute value-added service based on EDI to provide more valuable information to users for EDI’s survival and development, which can not only depend on simple data transmission. As to the development of the current Chinese shipping center’s information, I offer some shortages and suggestions in order to help the corporations to exalt their level of management, and then to promote the development of Shanghai international shipping industry.
【Key Words】 EDI ; Informationization; the International Shipping Center of Shanghai