Shanghai Transportation Commission has announced a three-year plan to improve the city’s handling capacity at airports and cruise terminals as it aims to become a global shipping center by 2020.

The fifth runway of Pudong International Airport and the B section of Terminal 1 at Hongqiao International Airport will start operating this year, the commission announced yesterday.

The third phase of Pudong Airport’s expansion project will be completed before September 2019, it said. The two airports will be able to handle 120 million people every year. The number now is 112 million, ranking it No. 4 in the world. The first is Atlanta Airport in the United States.