Ka cika wannan magana: A zamanin daular Yuan ta ƙasar Mongolia, an kafa wani ofishin kula da harkokin kasuwanci na ƙasashen waje a birnin a shekara ta 1277, tare da waɗanda ke Shanghai, Ningbo, da Guangzhou. An riƙe tsohon mai kula da Song Pu Shougeng, Balarabe ko Musulmin Farisa, don sabon mukamin, ta amfani da abokan hulɗarsa don dawo da kasuwancin garin a ƙarƙashin sabbin masu mulkinta. Ya yi nasara sosai, ya maido da yawancin girman tashar jiragen ruwa, kuma ofishinsa ya zama gado a cikin zuriyarsa. A cikin 1280s, Quanzhou wani lokacin ya zama babban birnin lardin Fujian. Yawan jama'arta ya kai kusan 455,000 a cikin 1283, manyan kayayyakin kasuwanci sune barkono da sauran kayan ƙanshi, duwatsu masu daraja, lu'u-lu'u, da porcelain. Marco Polo ya rubuta cewa sarakunan Yuan sun sami "babban kudaden shiga" daga harajin su na 10% akan kasuwancin tashar jiragen ruwa; ya kira tashar jiragen ruwa ta Quanzhou "ɗaya daga cikin manyan tashoshin jiragen ruwa biyu a duniya don kasuwanci" da "Alexandria na Gabas". Ibn Battuta kawai ya kira shi mafi girma tashar jiragen ruwa a duniya. Polo ya lura cewa masu zane-zanen jarfa sun shahara a duk kudu maso gabashin Asiya. Shi ne wurin tashi don Marco Polo na 1292 dawowa tafiya, rakiyar 17 mai shekaru Mongolian gimbiya Kököchin zuwa ta fiancée a cikin Persian Ilkhanate; 'yan shekarun da suka gabata daga baya, shi ne wurin isowa da tashi ga Ibn Battuta. Kublai Khan ta mamaye Japan da kuma
Java ya tashi ne daga tashar jiragen ruwa. Masanin ilimin kasa na Musulunci Abulfeda ya lura, a cikin, cewa ganuwar birni ta kasance ta lalace daga mamayar Mongols. A tsakiyar 1320s, Friar Odoric ya lura da gidajen ibada biyu na Franciscan na garin, amma ya yarda da gidajen ibada na Buddha sun fi girma, tare da sama da 3000 sufaye a ɗaya.