Ghana is a country in West Africa, located in western Africa on the northern shore of the Gulf of Guinea, bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, with a coastline of about 562 kilometers. Its territory is longer from north to south and narrower from east to west. Most of the country is plains, with the Akwapim Mountains in the east, the Kwahu Plateau in the south, and the Gambaga Escarpment in the north. The highest peak, Mount Afadjato, rises 876 meters above sea level. Among West African countries, Ghana's economy is relatively developed. It is mainly agricultural. Gold, cocoa, and timber, its three traditional export products, are the pillars of the economy. Transportation in Ghana is mainly by road. The government attaches importance to road infrastructure construction, with funding accounting for nearly 50% of total development expenditure. It accounts for 98% of the country's total freight volume. Since 2000, the government has continuously increased investment in this area, and road infrastructure has developed rapidly. In 2007, the total length of roads reached 63,000 kilometers, including 11,000 kilometers of trunk roads, 42,000 kilometers of branch roads, and nearly 10,000 kilometers of rural roads. Progress has been made in road surface maintenance and upkeep, with the proportion of poor road surfaces falling from 46% in 2000 to 32% in 2006. Railways: total length 1,300 kilometers. They connect Accra, Kumasi, and Takoradi. They mainly handle the transport of bulk export commodities such as manganese, bauxite, timber, and cocoa. The Ghanaian government has repaired some railways, and freight volume reached 113 million tons in 2007. Water transport: mainly Tema Port and Takoradi Port. Tema Port is Africa's largest artificial seaport, with throughput reaching 8.73 million tons in 2007, mainly used for importing goods. Takoradi Port had a throughput of about 4.05 million tons in 2007, mainly used for exporting goods. Ghana is also building river ports on Lake Volta and developing an inland waterway shipping network, but the port and shipping facilities are incomplete. Air transport: Ghana Airways is Ghana's main airline and has developed rapidly, forming alliances with airlines within and outside the African continent and hoping to become the main channel for travel between Africa and other regions. In addition, three companies, including Ghana Air Force Airlines, Muk Air, and Mafora Airlines, also operate domestic routes. The new Kotoka International Airport in the capital, Accra, opened in 2004 and handles about 120,000 passengers per year. It is an important aviation hub in West Africa, with nearly 20 international routes offering direct flights to Europe, the United States, South Africa, and various West African countries. Domestic flights are available in major domestic cities such as Takoradi, Kumasi, and Tamale. As trade between China and Africa continues to heat up, more than a dozen direct flight routes between China and Africa have been added. Among them, Ethiopian Airlines quickly signed Beijing Fanyuan International Transportation Service Co., Ltd. as a cargo agent, and since then the cargo volume between China and Ghana has grown day by day.