At the press conference of the 2024 North Bund International Shipping Forum held today (October 15) with the theme of "Promoting High-quality Development", Gao Haiyun, the second-level inspector of the Water Transport Bureau of the Ministry of Transport, introduced the development of the mainland shipping industry, and Yu Fulin, director of the Shanghai Municipal Transportation Commission, introduced the development of the Shanghai International Shipping Center and the overall arrangements of the 2024 North Bund International Shipping Forum. Chen Shuai, Deputy Mayor of Hongkou District, Shanghai, Wan Qingchao, Deputy General Manager of China Eastern Airlines Group, Luo Hu, Deputy Director of Research and Consulting Center of China COSCO Shipping Group, and Shi Xin, Vice President of Shanghai Maritime University, attended the press conference and jointly answered questions from reporters. Let's take a look at the transcript↓
What will be the highlights of the 2024 North Bund International Shipping Forum? How does the forum contribute to the construction of Shanghai International Shipping Center?
The main release of today's press conference can be stitched ↓
The 2024 North Bund International Maritime Forum will be held in Shanghai from October 22 to 24
——Hot Questions and Answers——
The "Memorandum of Cooperation between Ministries and Cities" will be signed to jointly build a shipping hub that radiates globally and enhance the energy level of Shanghai's shipping service industry
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China Media Group: What work has been carried out by the Ministry of Communications to support Shanghai in building a world-leading international shipping center, and what important results will be released at this year's forum?
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Gao Haiyun: The CPC Central Committee and the State Council attach great importance to the construction of Shanghai as an international shipping center. In 2009, the State Council issued the "Opinions on Promoting Shanghai to Accelerate the Development of Modern Service Industry and Advanced Manufacturing Industry and Build an International Financial Center and an International Shipping Center", proposing to basically build an international shipping center by 2020. In order to implement the relevant requirements of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, our ministry signed memorandums of cooperation with the Shanghai Municipal Government in 2010, 2012 and 2016, which effectively promoted the construction of Shanghai International Shipping Center. In December 2023, General Secretary Xi Jinping visited Shanghai in person, giving Shanghai the important mission of accelerating the construction of the "five centers". The Ministry of Communications and the Shanghai Municipal Government will immediately start the drafting of a new round of the "Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation between Ministries and Cities", and the two sides will sign a new cooperation document at this forum.
The new "Memorandum of Cooperation between Ministries and Cities" will focus on five aspects: First, jointly build a global shipping hub. It mainly includes consolidating basic services, consolidating the traditional advantages of container hub ports, focusing on vigorously carrying out pilot projects for the construction of a transportation power, promoting the development of world-class port clusters in the Yangtze River Delta as a whole, and improving the inland river collection and distribution system in the Yangtze River Delta.
The second is to enhance the energy level of Shanghai's shipping service industry. It mainly includes making up for shortcomings, strengthening the independent supply capacity of high-end shipping services, focusing on building a world-class shipping exchange, improving the level of shipping finance and insurance services, innovating and improving the maritime arbitration mechanism, and improving the level of ship inspection services.
The third is to promote the green, smart and safe development of the shipping industry. It mainly includes based on the overall planning of high-quality development and high-level safety, accelerating the research of green and intelligent technologies in the shipping industry, the formulation of standards, and the industrial layout, focusing on promoting the application of new energy and clean energy ships, deepening the digital construction of aviation and trade, and accelerating the construction of smart ports and smart waterways.
The fourth is to enhance the international influence of Shanghai International Shipping Center. It mainly includes strengthening international exchanges and cooperation, focusing on enhancing the brand influence of the "North Bund International Shipping Forum", supporting shipping-related international organizations to settle in Shanghai, and supporting institutions in Shanghai to participate in global maritime governance.
Fifth, establish a coordinated promotion mechanism between ministries and cities, and strengthen the coordination organization and guarantee of ministries and cities.
We believe that the signing of the new memorandum of cooperation will effectively promote the Ministry of Commerce and Shanghai Municipality to further deepen cooperation and work together to accelerate the construction of Shanghai as an international shipping center.
The results are more diverse, the guest level is further improved, and the content design is more focused
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Xinhua News Agency: The North Bund International Shipping Forum has been held for many years, what are the highlights of this year's forum?
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Yu Fulin: This year's North Bund International Shipping Forum further focuses on internationalization, specialization and high-end, and its main features are reflected in the following three aspects. First, the achievement projects are more diversified, and the "first station" of important achievements in the field of maritime aviation is created. The outcome of this year's forum is worth looking forward to. On the one hand, it will closely follow the theme, release green and smart achievements, and lead the new track of the industry; On the other hand, it will also thoroughly implement the Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Further Deepening Reform and Promoting Chinese-style Modernization, improve the underwriting capacity and global service level of shipping insurance, and launch blockbuster projects in the fields of finance and insurance, maritime arbitration, etc., reflecting the "soft power" of the shipping center. In addition, a results release hall will be set up on the spot, and a number of signing ceremonies and press conferences will be held to promote the implementation of cooperation results, and media friends are also welcome to actively participate.
Second, the level of guests has been further upgraded and has become a "megaphone" for the industry's cutting-edge views. This year's forum has invited 150 speakers, bringing together domestic and foreign ministerial-level government officials, mayoral-level guests from relevant countries, heads of the most representative international organizations and institutions in the field of global maritime aviation, heads of global leading enterprises, and well-known academicians and scholars, etc., to bring you in-depth insights, forward-looking insights and collisions of ideas from a global perspective.
The third is to focus on content design and build a "big platform" for open cooperation in the industry. In order to further strengthen the professional depth of the forum, this forum integrates industry resources, further optimizes the framework design, sets up two main forums of shipping and aviation, and merges the original safety and cooperation forum and the original rescue and salvage forum into the maritime traffic safety forum to further strengthen the focus of the content topics. In addition, Shanghai Jiao Tong University has been added as the organizer of the Digital and Intelligence Forum, and China Shipowners P&I Association has been added as the organizer of the Finance and Insurance Forum, further expanding the scope of participation.
The regional contribution of the shipping industry has increased year by year, and the high-end shipping service function has grown jointly, and the North Bund has become a new landmark in the international shipping industry
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Dongfang.com: The North Bund International Shipping Forum is the fourth session this year, and at present, how is the development of Hongkou's shipping industry? Please also introduce the construction of the core bearing area of high-end shipping service functions.
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Chen Shuai: In 2021, the first North Bund International Shipping Forum was successfully held, and in the same year, the 14th Five-Year Plan for the construction of Shanghai International Shipping Center made it clear that the North Bund area should give full play to the economic advantages of shipping headquarters, seize a new round of development opportunities, attract shipping enterprises, international organizations and functional institutions with international influence, and form a core carrying area for high-end shipping services. After four years of development, today's North Bund shipping has a more solid foundation, a more concentrated high-end service level, and a broader international influence.
From the perspective of industrial base, in the past four years, the regional contribution of the shipping industry has increased year by year. Four years ago, 12 of the world's top 50 liner companies set up headquarters, branches or representative offices of multinational companies in Hongkou, and this year the number has grown to 15. Eastern Mediterranean Shipping, Wohang Information and other enterprises have been successively rated as municipal headquarters and R&D centers of foreign-funded multinational companies, and the Greater China headquarters of global freight leading companies such as Reynolds, Hanhong and Xijie have successively settled in the North Bund.
From the perspective of shipping services, the function of high-end shipping services has grown jointly. First, the radiation and influence of maritime arbitration on the North Bund have been continuously enhanced, and the Shanghai International Arbitration Institute and the Shanghai International Arbitration Lounge have been introduced successively, and the North Bund Shipping Dispute Prevention and Resolution Center has been established to provide a hearing venue and supporting services for maritime and commercial arbitration cases. The country's first foreign-related ad hoc maritime arbitration case was heard and ruled on the North Bund in Hongkou, and I would like to make a preview here that at this year's forum, a breakthrough in ad hoc arbitration on the North Bund will be officially released, so stay tuned.
Second, the green and low-carbon shipping industry has been accelerated. The Ship Energy Efficiency Management Center of the MSA settled in the North Bund, and the North Bund International Shipping Green Development Community was officially established. A number of enterprises in the region have achieved the first breakthrough in the green industry, such as SIPG Energy's launch of China's first methanol bunkering ship, COSCO Shipping's green water trial of the world's first 700TEU pure battery-powered container ship, and Zhongtai Energy's delivery of the world's first carbon capture system for bulk carriers.
Third, the continuous accumulation of high-end elements, the Shanghai Export Container Settlement Freight Index (SCFIS) European route issued by the Aviation Exchange, and the "Specification for the Compilation of Export Container Freight Index" have obtained the "Shanghai Standard", becoming the first enterprise standard on container freight index in China. The China P&I Association has attracted CMA CGM and other large international shipping companies to join the association, and the tonnage of the ships participating in the association ranks eighth in the world. The Shanghai International Shipping Research Center won the first prize of Shanghai Decision-making Consulting Research Achievement Award and the Shanghai Key Cultivation Think Tank.
From the perspective of international influence, with the holding of the North Bund International Shipping Forum for four consecutive years, the North Bund has become a new landmark in the international shipping industry. On the one hand, the shipping landscape has been reborn, and a number of shipping landmarks such as Yesong Shipyard, Seagull Hotel, Lester Institute of Technology, North Bund Navigation Park, and Guoke Center Wharf have formed a unique urban style. On the other hand, a series of high-level activities such as the China Maritime Day series of activities, the release of the Xinhua-Baltic Shipping Center Development Index, and the Seatrade International Maritime Awards Ceremony have been held. This year, the North Bund has welcomed top international cruise ships such as Seven Seas Adventure, Silversea, and Shibang to berth, and China Merchants Eaton has brought foreign tourists to the North Bund to start a colorful journey of exploration of China.
In the future, the North Bund will further enhance the industrial level, coordinate regional resources, strengthen the deepening linkage with functional platforms such as the Aviation Exchange and the Environmental Exchange, jointly promote the promotion and application of shipping index futures products, explore and promote the green, digital and intelligent transformation and development of shipping, and strive to build a high-end shipping service function core carrying area with high-quality and complete modern shipping service functions and a green and low-carbon shipping demonstration leading the way.
Enhance Shanghai's intercontinental connectivity and global radiation capabilities, enhance the competitiveness of the hub, and work together to build travel integration
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Shanghai TV: What are the plans of China Eastern Airlines to strengthen the all-round gateway complex functions of international aviation hubs such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou?
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Wan Qingchao: China Eastern Airlines has always been committed to serving the construction of Shanghai as an international shipping center, and has worked with all parties to build a world-class aviation hub. First, we will make every effort to improve the accessibility of the aviation network. Since last year, China Eastern Airlines has rapidly resumed its international flights, and has opened new international routes from Shanghai to Cairo, Riyadh, Marseille, Venice and Kazan, continuously improving Shanghai's intercontinental connectivity and global radiation capabilities. At present, China Eastern Airlines has achieved full coverage of more than 10 million domestic airports in China, and has become the carrier with the largest number of flights from China to France, Russia, Hungary, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand, as well as the carrier with the largest number of navigation points from China to Japan and South Korea. Next, China Eastern Airlines will take the construction of the T3 terminal of Pudong Airport as an opportunity to build a "six-in, six-out" flight wave, focusing on emerging markets such as the "Belt and Road" and BRICS countries, and is expected to open more passenger routes to Europe, Central and Western Asia, and the Middle East next year, encrypt cargo routes to Europe and the United States, and continue to expand the "Air Silk Road".
The second is to strive to enhance the competitiveness of the hub. This year, China Eastern Airlines launched the Shanghai = Singapore, Shanghai = Bangkok and Kunming = Bangkok International Sky Shuttles, with a total of 36 Sky Shuttle lines. In addition, focusing on the entry and exit and transit needs of international passengers, China Eastern Airlines has jointly launched facilitation measures such as "Oriental E-Border", "Baggage Worry-free", and overnight transfer, which have significantly improved the efficiency of inbound transfer. In the first half of the year, China Eastern Airlines' inbound and outbound flights and passengers at Pudong Airport increased by 48% and 84% respectively year-on-year. In the next stage, we will focus on improving the capacity of domestic and international transfers, accelerate the formation of an efficient and accessible route network and air express system, strengthen coordinated operation with all parties, continue to strengthen the transfer function, and help improve the energy level of the hub.
The third is to work together to build an integrated travel. At last year's Aviation Forum, China Eastern Airlines released the results of the "Construction of Air-Ground Integrated Travel Network in the Yangtze River Delta Economic Circle". This year, China Eastern Airlines has upgraded the "air-bus combined transport" and "air-rail combined transport", launched the "regional link" in the Yangtze River Delta, and built the "Suzhou-Singapore Express", realizing one-stop purchase of aviation and railways in 4 municipalities, 23 provincial capitals and 5 autonomous region capitals across the country, and enjoying transfer and transfer in 47 hub cities across the country. In the future, China Eastern Airlines will fully rely on the three-dimensional transportation network of air, rail, road and water, build a more efficient multimodal transportation system with "aviation +", build a global intermodal transportation network, improve air-bus intermodal transportation in the Yangtze River Delta region, deepen the cooperation of "aircraft + cruise", explore the combined transportation of aviation and helicopters, urban rail and ferries, etc., and effectively enhance the radiation and driving role of the Shanghai hub in the Yangtze River Delta region.
In order to help the construction of Shanghai International Shipping Center, the "124" high-quality development path is clarified
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CBN TV: What are COSCO SHIPPING's considerations as the organizer of the forum, and how will the forum contribute to the construction of Shanghai International Shipping Center in the future?
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Luo Hu: Since the establishment of the North Bund International Shipping Forum, COSCO SHIPPING Group has mainly hosted the International Shipping Forum. COSCO SHIPPING Group has always been committed to serving the construction of Shanghai International Shipping Center, and has contributed to the construction of "soft power" of Shanghai International Shipping Center by hosting the North Bund International Shipping Forum. The theme is the soul of the forum's positioning and the key to its success, the theme of this year's International Shipping Forum is "how to deal with uncertainty with the high-quality development of the shipping industry", and the theme of the first three international shipping forums is to "grasp the change".
In fact, in the face of major changes unseen in a century, since the first North Bund International Shipping Forum in 2021, the shipping industry has faced a new normal of deepening uncertainty, from climate change to green and low-carbon transformation, from technological breakthroughs to trade frictions to geopolitical conflicts, all of which have brought great uncertainty to the shipping industry. Coping with uncertainty is the eternal theme of the shipping industry, and the forum clearly proposed to use the high-quality development of the shipping industry to deal with uncertainty.
How to understand the high-quality development of the shipping industry? "Conform to the new development trend of green, low-carbon and intelligent shipping industry" and "shipping + port + logistics" integrated development path; The combination of the above two forms a high-quality development path for the shipping industry to build a global green, digital and intelligent integrated logistics supply chain service ecology, which is also the way for the shipping industry to truly cope with uncertainty and achieve sustainable development.
In recent years, COSCO SHIPPING Group has further clarified the high-quality development path of "124" ("one vision" is to build a world-class shipping technology enterprise, "two tracks" is digital intelligence and green and low-carbon, and "four new industries" is the global digital supply chain, marine new energy, green and low-carbon intelligent ship development and intelligent shipping industry), and in this way, it will better contribute to the construction of Shanghai as an international shipping center.
This forum will adhere to the consistent high-end and professionalism to elaborate on the theme in depth, which is mainly reflected in: first, this international maritime forum has been upgraded from a parallel forum to a main forum for the first time; Second, the agenda of the forum is divided into four parts: "authoritative discussion, trend outlook, high-end interviews and results release", which fully reflects the high-end; Third, the speakers of the forum come from important international organizations in the industry, consulting institutions, important enterprises related to the industrial chain, famous universities, etc., which fully reflects the internationalization and authority; Fourth, the theme of the forum speech and the results released fully reflect the professionalism and cutting-edge.
Deepen international two-way exchanges and cooperation, actively participate in the activities of international organizations, and help enhance the voice of Shanghai International Shipping Center in the global maritime field
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Labor Daily: This year, the Maritime University hosted the Green and Low Carbon Forum, which is the fourth time that the Maritime University has hosted this forum, what is worth looking forward to in this year's forum, and how will the university give full play to its own advantages in the future to serve the construction of an international shipping center?
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Shi Xin: Shanghai Maritime University is an applied research university with maritime characteristics. As a landmark event in the construction of an international shipping center, the North Bund International Shipping Forum is an important technical platform for interaction and cooperation between Shanghai and the global shipping industry. In the past few years, under the leadership of the relevant departments and bureaus of the Ministry of Transport, the Shanghai Municipal Transportation Commission, the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission and other departments, Shanghai Maritime University has been deeply involved in the work of the main forum of the North Bund International Shipping Forum, and actively hosted the "Green and Low-carbon Theme Forum" to help enhance the internationalization level and professionalism of the North Bund International Shipping Forum. At present, with the efforts of all parties, the preparations for this year's Green and Low-Carbon Forum are basically ready.
There are three main highlights of this year's Green and Shipping Forum: First, the level of participants is high. In the process of preparing for this forum, the school gave full play to its own shipping characteristics and advantages, especially actively coordinated the professional resources of the International Maritime Organization's Asian Maritime Technical Cooperation Center and the International Maritime Teachers Federation, and invited the heads of relevant departments and bureaus of the United Nations International Maritime Organization, CEOs of global shipping leading enterprises, representatives of maritime authorities of relevant countries and a number of well-known experts in the industry, to focus on the convention standards of green shipping, technology application, new marine fuel development, finance and insurance, talent training and other topics. Share the latest practices of decarbonization of the shipping industry today and jointly promote the sustainable development of the global shipping industry.
Second, the characteristics of internationalization are obvious. A number of well-known international shipping organizations from around the world will attend this year's Green and Low-Carbon Forum, including the United Nations International Maritime Organization, the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Alliance, the International Chamber of Shipping, the Global Maritime Forum, and the Global Maritime Decarbonization Center. According to the current registration situation, nearly 1/4 of the participants of this forum are overseas guests.
Third, actively display the achievements of the industry. At present, China is at the forefront of the green transition and has become an indispensable green partner for the rest of the world. Since the last North Bund International Shipping Forum released the "Outline of the Implementation Plan for the Port of Shanghai-Port of Los Angeles Green Shipping Corridor" in September last year, the project has become a benchmark for the construction of green shipping corridors around the world. At this year's forum, the Port of Shanghai-Port of Los Angeles/Port of Long Beach Green Shipping Corridor Partnership Annual Progress Report will be released, aiming to summarize experience and further promote communication and collaboration among all parties.
In terms of serving the construction of Shanghai International Shipping Center, Shanghai Maritime University gives full play to the advantages of the university in the field of international shipping, optimizes the layout of majors, condenses the characteristics of talent training, and continuously improves the quality of talent training with discipline and major construction as the starting point. In the future, the university will further deepen international two-way exchanges and cooperation, continuously improve the internationalization level of talent training for the construction of an international shipping center, and actively participate in the activities of international organizations to help enhance the voice of Shanghai International Shipping Center in the global maritime field.
The International Container Transportation Service Platform System (Container Transport Maas) was officially launched, and Shanghai Airport accelerated the construction of "super brain" and "digital twin", and paid close attention to the development of technologies related to the "three transformations".
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Jiefang Daily: The theme of this forum is digital, intelligent and green, what achievements has Shanghai made in building a new shipping ecology? What are the next considerations for promoting the high-quality development of Shanghai International Shipping Center?
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Yu Fulin: In recent years, we have adhered to the problem-oriented, goal-oriented and effect-oriented, focusing on building an international leading smart ecological port with Yangshan Port as the core and a world-class excellent smart low-carbon airport with Pudong and Hongqiao airports as the core, in-depth adjustment of the transportation structure, continuous optimization of the energy structure, and continuous strengthening of pollution prevention and control. Vigorously develop digital and intelligent services, comprehensively promote intelligent operations, and innovate the application of intelligent equipment; Strengthen the innovation of shipping technology and the creation of application ecology, promote the coordination of industry and industry, the integration of shipping economy and data technology, cultivate new benchmarks for international shipping, and actively promote the implementation of the tasks of the "Shanghai International Shipping Center Digital, Intelligent and Green Transformation and Development Plan", which has laid a solid foundation for the "three transformations" and achieved initial results.
In terms of shipping, the international container transportation service platform system (container shipping Maas) was officially launched, which basically realized the tracking data query of containers, trucks and ships at 18 nodes in the export process and 14 nodes in the import process of international container transportation, and promoted the data interconnection and interoperability in the field of container transportation. At present, the use of shore power in Shanghai Port International Container and International Cruise Terminal ranks first in the country, and the container terminal used 5,462 shore power in the first half of the year, with a total electricity consumption of 16.25 million kWh, a year-on-year increase of 297%. The world's largest pure electric container ship "COSCO SHIPPING Green Water 01" made its maiden voyage to Yangshan Port. At present, a total of 82 new energy smart heavy trucks have been put into operation, with a cumulative trial operation mileage of more than 8.9 million kilometers. The first phase of the newly opened Luojing Container Port I just mentioned is a new generation of automated container terminals. In terms of aviation, Shanghai Airport has accelerated the construction of "super brains" and "digital twins" to provide intelligent decision-making support for airport planning, construction, operation and management. Shanghai Airport continues to promote the new energy substitution of equipment and vehicles in the airport, and the new energy substitution facilities for auxiliary power units near the stand have achieved full coverage. In addition, SAF has been commercialized for the first time.
In the next step, Shanghai will base itself on the construction of Shanghai International Shipping Center, pay close attention to the technological development and domestic and foreign policy trends related to the "Three Modernizations Transformation", and strive to basically build a green and intelligent development framework for Shanghai International Shipping Center, an intensive low-carbon collection and distribution system by 2025, and initially build a smart port and smart airport; By 2030, an intelligent terminal cluster and a "5G + digital twin" smart aviation hub with air-ground integration and multi-network integration will be basically built, so as to realize one face for travel, one single for logistics, one inspection for customs clearance, one network for operation, and one platform for supervision, so as to promote the carbon emissions of Shanghai airports and ports to enter the peak plateau period, strive to achieve the high-quality development of Shanghai International Shipping Center, and contribute Shanghai's experience and strength to building a shipping power.
Source: Shanghai release
Editor: Li Yuening
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