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In April 2016, the Ministry of Transport approved the holding of the China Nautical Day Forum in Ningbo this year, and settled in Ningbo for a long time. It also agreed to set up the China Navigation Day Forum (Ningbo) Organizing Committee and its office in Ningbo, responsible for “China Navigation Day”. Forum" event. The only national statutory festival approved by the State Council in China's sea-related field is also the highest-level, comprehensive and representative of China's port and aviation industry. What unique charm does Ningbo have for the forum? What new opportunities have it brought to Ningbo? To this end, the reporter conducted a special visit.

Three major advantages make the forum resident in Ningbo

The reporter learned that the "China Navigation Day Forum" has been the theme event to commemorate China's Nautical Day since 2014. The China Navigation Day Forum held in Ningbo last year was achieved in terms of quality of speech, guest level, port cooperation, and degree of internationalization. The results have been remarkable and the social response has been enthusiastic. In order to deepen the implementation of the national “One Belt and One Road” strategy and promote the goal of sustainable and brand development of the China Navigation Day Forum, in January this year, the Ningbo Municipal People’s Government applied to the Ministry of Transport for the forum to settle in Ningbo. In April, it was approved by the Ministry of Transport. . This means that the China Navigation Day Forum will be settled in Ningbo for a long time.

Authorities in the industry pointed out that the reason why China Navigation Day Forum can settle in Ningbo for a long time is first of all the port advantage. Since ancient times, Ningbo has been known as a port and has an indissoluble bond with the ocean. During the Qin Dynasty, Xu Fudong crossed Japan from Ningbo. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, Ningbo became one of the starting points of China's Maritime Silk Road and occupied an important place in the country's foreign trade. In modern times, Ningbo was one of the five ports of trade. Therefore, it also gave birth to the famous "Ningbo Gang". Nowadays, after the leaps and bounds since the reform and opening up, Ningbo Zhoushan Port has been navigable with more than 600 ports in more than 200 countries and regions in the world. The port cargo and container throughput rank first and fourth respectively in the world. It can be said that the growth and development of Ningbo has an inseparable link with the port and the sea. The port is the largest resource in Ningbo, and opening is the biggest advantage of Ningbo.

Secondly, Ningbo has a relatively comprehensive strength and has the foundation, conditions and capabilities to run the China Navigation Day Forum for a long time. From the successful experience held last year, Ningbo has a well-developed convention and exhibition industry, with complete large-scale event venues and hotels and other service facilities and high-standard hospitality services. With developed transportation, Yushe International Airport has opened more than 80 domestic and international routes, with high-speed rail; He has accumulated rich experience in international and domestic large-scale economic and trade cultural activities such as the Central and Eastern European Countries National Investment Fair, China International Consumer Goods Fair, and China Zhejiang Investment and Trade Fair. Ningbo has co-sponsored with the Ministry of Transport and successfully held the inaugural meeting of the APEC Port Service Organization in Ningbo, forming a tacit cooperation.

Finally, the long-term establishment of the forum in Ningbo is conducive to the integration of national and local advantages and the realization of the continuous and branded development of the China Navigation Day Forum. China Navigation Day has been held in 11 cities, with increasing scale, increasing influence and popularity, but it has always lacked a long-term stable mechanism and location. As the “strategic fulcrum city” of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, Ningbo actively participates in the construction of the “Belt and Road”, docks the Yangtze River Economic Belt, and promotes the maritime power. The port and shipping industry is developing rapidly, but it lacks a major event that matches its port status. platform. The combination of Ningbo and China Navigation Day Forum, "getting close, and getting married" is conducive to the sustainable development, stable solidification and brand development of China Navigation Day Forum, which is conducive to the Chinese Navigation Day Forum as a Chinese maritime field. The top forum is also conducive to Ningbo's speeding up the construction of a modern international port city.

Four major opportunities to help Ningbo take off

It is understood that although Ningbo Port is at the forefront of throughput and other indicators, it is a world port, but the development of port and port service industry does not match the port development. The China Navigation Day Forum has settled in Ningbo, which can effectively play the two national and local enthusiasm, coordinate the industry and local resources, seize the opportunity of the “Belt and Road”, accelerate the construction of the port economic circle in Ningbo, build the Jianghai Intermodal Service Center and the port and shipping. The process of the logistics service center.

The permanent presence of the China Navigation Day Forum, which first brought to Ningbo, is the improvement of the port status. It is of great help to promote the port of Zhejiang, the combined transport of rivers and seas, the port of the sea silk road, accelerate the establishment of an international hub for multimodal transport, and build a port economic circle. At the same time, the forum is conducive to Ningbo to expand the shipping industry gathering platform. We will build a cluster of logistics and service services in the eastern city of Ningbo, and strengthen the public service platform for the customs clearance of the port and the “big shipping supermarket”. By 2020, two shipping logistics clusters with an economic linkage effect of 10 billion will be formed, and the transaction volume of commodity exchanges will reach 2 trillion yuan.

In addition, the establishment of the China Navigation Day Forum has brought new opportunities to Ningbo in terms of innovative port and shipping service formats and port and shipping logistics companies. The forum will help guide domestic and foreign financial, insurance, financing, intermediary and other service agencies to settle in Ningbo, carry out shipping financing, trust, guarantee, investment and other services; build a shipping service resource data center, enhance the "Maritime Silk Road" index brand; support Large-scale enterprises such as Ningbo Zhoushan Port Group, COSCO Shipping and Sinotrans have developed in Ningbo, introducing a number of regional headquarters of multinational trade logistics companies, specialized supply chain logistics service providers and logistics park operators to promote local large and medium-sized logistics enterprises to multi-functional value-added services. Business transformation; it is estimated that by 2020, the added value of the relevant industries of the port and shipping industry will exceed 100 billion yuan, the annual transaction volume of the Ningbo shipping transaction market will reach 50 billion yuan, and the cross-border e-commerce trade will exceed 25 billion US dollars. Ningbo logistics enterprises will exceed 5,000, ship management companies will reach 100, shipping brokerage companies will reach 50, and global shipping service enterprises will be 2-3.

Pragmatic innovation shows different forums

According to reports, this year's China Navigation Day Forum activities are mainly composed of two parts: special forums and mass events. Specifically, China International Seafarers Forum, Haisi Port International Cooperation Forum, International City and Port Cooperation Forum, Small and Medium Shipping Enterprise Leaders Forum, International Shipping and Commodity Trading Summit Forum, Xingzhi Zhiyuan Navigation Culture Forum, etc. and “My Maritime Dream” There are 11 mass events such as the essay painting competition, the “New Silk Road” National Sailing Invitational Tournament, and the Port Open Day.

The reporter learned that although the mechanism for organizing the China Navigation Day Forum has changed this time and the preparation time is short, the forum organizing committee still promotes innovation, pragmatic and efficient, and combines the principles of “prominent theme, appropriate scale, rich content, and frugality” in conjunction with Ningbo local. Features and advantages, and strive to make this year's activities out of the characteristics they deserve, and strive for a successful and effective implementation of each activity.

It is reported that this year's China Navigation Day Forum will increase the coverage and influence of the activities, increase the participation and extensiveness of the activities, attract the participation of young people and citizens, and encourage relevant units, groups and organizations to actively participate in the China Nautical Day activities, and will increase the appropriate International exchange activities. It is ready to invite foreign experts, scholars and representatives to participate in activities, promote ideological and cultural exchanges, and enhance the international influence of the Nautical Day activities.

Source: China Water Transport Network