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Xinhua News Agency, Hong Kong, November 15 (Reporter Chen Peiying) The second "World Conference of Shipping Merchants" was opened in Hong Kong on November 15, focusing on the challenges and opportunities facing the development of the shipping industry with the theme of "cohesion and joint efforts to create the future". The conference was held online and offline simultaneously, inviting global guests and industry elites to participate in it, and jointly studying how to enhance exchanges and mutual learning, carry out complementary advantages, promote mutually beneficial cooperation, and jointly build a new global shipping ecosystem.

Liang Zhenying, Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, said in his speech that the current COVID-19 continues to recur, and the world economic recovery is under pressure, which has brought considerable challenges to Hong Kong as a global financial and shipping center. In the future, Hong Kong should continue to give play to its advantages in shipping resources, innovate service models, enhance industrial added value, and maintain its leading position in industrial development.

Li Jiachao, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong SAR, said that Hong Kong's position as an international shipping center was clearly supported in the National "Fourteenth Five Year Plan" and the Outline of the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area Development Plan. The Hong Kong SAR government will continue to consolidate Hong Kong's advantages and further develop high value-added maritime services.

Dai Dongchang, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Transport, said in a video address that the shipping industry is an important support for Hong Kong's long-term prosperity and stability. The Ministry of Transport supports Hong Kong to give play to its advantages in professional services and talent reserves that are fully in line with international standards, rely on the motherland and connect the world, and consolidate its position as an international shipping center.

Yin Zonghua, Deputy Director of the Joint Office of the Chinese Communist Party of Hong Kong, said that as long as we make good use of the central government's support policies, firmly grasp the opportunities of national development strategies, firmly grasp the trend of economic globalization, continue to optimize the business environment, and constantly improve the attractiveness and radiation, Hong Kong International Shipping Center will be able to "make progress".

Miao Jianmin, Chairman of China Merchants Group, believes that the global shipping industry should be open, shared, green and intelligent, build an inclusive shipping ecosystem, optimize the shipping industry chain, respond to changes in the shipping cycle, and seek new opportunities for the development of the shipping industry in the process of restructuring the global supply chain.

The conference is a two-day event led by China Merchants Group and co sponsored by the Transport and Logistics Bureau of the Hong Kong SAR Government, the Baltic Sea International Shipping Association, the International Shipping Association and the Hong Kong Shipowners' Association, co organized by the Hong Kong Chinese Enterprise Association and the Hong Kong Shipping Association, and undertaken by China Merchants Energy Transportation Co., Ltd.

The first "World Aviation Conference" will be held in Hong Kong on October 20, 2021, with the theme of "mutually beneficial coexistence and connecting the future".

Source: Xinhua News Agency