On the morning of October 15, a press conference was held on the 2024 North Bund International Shipping Forum with the theme of "Promoting High-quality Development", and Wan Qingchao, deputy general manager of China Eastern Airlines Group, attended the press conference. The guests at the meeting jointly introduced the development of the Shanghai International Shipping Center and the overall arrangement of the 2024 North Bund International Shipping Forum.
On October 22, the "2024 North Bund International Aviation Forum" will be held in the Shanghai World Meeting Room. As one of the two main forums of the "North Bund International Shipping Forum", the forum is hosted by the Organizing Committee of the North Bund International Shipping Forum and jointly organized by China Eastern Airlines Group Co., Ltd. and Shanghai Airport (Group) Co., Ltd. This is also the fourth consecutive year that multiple parties have joined hands to bring the wisdom of the global aviation industry chain to Shanghai and shine on the Pujiang River.
At present, the global civil aviation industry is entering the fast lane of digital transformation, and the theme of this forum will focus on "Digital Sailing and Smart Blue Sky - Shaping the New Future of Civil Aviation", and hot words such as "new quality productivity", "digital transformation" and "Shanghai international aviation hub construction" will become the keywords of this forum. Compared with last year's participation scale, this year's forum will have more than 250 heavyweight guests from the shipping industry and industry chain, and the scale of the conference will be further enhanced.
This year's North Bund International Aviation Forum will feature guest speeches, keynote speeches, and results releases, and will invite leaders from the Shanghai Municipal Government, the Civil Aviation Administration of China, the China Aviation Association, China Eastern Airlines, and Shanghai Airport to deliver speeches at the forum. Senior representatives, experts and scholars from the Chinese Academy of Engineering, the Ministry of Transport, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Delta Air Lines, Lufthansa and other units and well-known enterprises will share the innovative practices of digital transformation of civil aviation in the keynote speech session, injecting wisdom and strength into the high-quality development of the industry.
As the most exciting outcome of each North Bund International Aviation Forum, the results of this forum are also exciting. According to reports, China Eastern Airlines, one of the organizers of the forum, is the world's first user of the domestic large aircraft C919, and the results of this year's forum will be closely related to the commercial operation of C919. At the same time, Shanghai Airport and other units will also release results closely related to the construction of smart civil aviation and the theme of the forum. Relevant cooperation agreements will also be signed at the forum to help the construction of Shanghai International Aviation Hub, so stay tuned.
Since the first edition, China Eastern Airlines, together with Shanghai Airport, has joined hands with various partners to build the North Bund International Aviation Forum into a "Davos Forum" for the aviation industry. As the national civil aviation team and the largest airline in Shanghai, China Eastern Airlines adheres to the service concept of "Four Essences", and this year's forum will continue to create "Oriental Privilege" service products for guests coming to Shanghai, covering the convenient travel experience of the whole process of air travel, including convenient online services such as "easy to cancel and change", priority check-in counter service, VIP lounge service, priority baggage service, in-flight Wi-Fi experience, "car use priority", "smooth travel exclusive" and other exclusive privileges.
It is worth mentioning that China Eastern Airlines and Shanghai Airport will also jointly launch an aviation cultural and creative system with rich meanings, combining the iconic elements of China Eastern Airlines, the modern style of Shanghai Airport with traditional Chinese culture, and integrating emerging technologies such as 3D printing, scientific and technological interaction, and AIGC content generation, which not only echoes the theme of the forum, but also highlights the beauty of the integration of modern technology and ancient civilization, tells Chinese stories well, and promotes Chinese culture.
The opening of the 2024 North Bund International Aviation Forum is imminent, and on the afternoon of October 22, China Eastern Airlines' official Weibo, video account, and Douyin account will be broadcast live, so stay tuned!