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“The port is used for the city and the city is built with the port.” With the continuous extension of the economic hinterland, Shanghai Port has become an important platform for the interconnection of the Chinese mainland economy with the world economy. However, there is still a gap between Shanghai and the mature international shipping center. If the container throughput of the Port of London has shrunk to 2 million TEUs, it is still a shipping center that is very influential in the shipping industry because it has mastered the global ship financing market, tanker leasing business and ship insurance business. Shipping service industry.

          Relying on China's strong economic and trade growth, Shanghai Port is accelerating the establishment of shipping trading centers, shipping information centers, ship management, shipping consulting, financing insurance, maritime arbitration and notarization and other industrial chains. This process is full of unlimited business opportunities, and it also breeds the vision of Shanghai, the eastern big port, to be crowned globally.

          Shanghai Port goes out to sea: strive to be a global terminal operator

          Chen Haoyuan, Party Secretary and Chairman of Shanghai International Port (Group) Co., Ltd.: Shanghai Port's own target positioning, strive for global terminal operators, including global logistics service providers, of course, to achieve global terminal operators, Shanghai Port There are a lot of ways to go, of course, this direction must be done.

          How to transform from container trade to service trade?

          Zhao Ping, Director of the International Trade Research Department of the China Council for the Promotion of Trade: There are still great opportunities for the development of the port. On the one hand, the future competitiveness of the container terminal will gradually increase. The structure of China's foreign trade goods is changing. In 2015, our mechanical and electrical products accounted for more than 50% of foreign trade, at around 57%. This means that the value of the monomer is growing, and these high-end products require container-related logistics services. Therefore, for ports like Shanghai Port, where the container is the main business, the future development prospects are still very good.

          In addition, China's service trade continued to grow by more than 10%, ranking the second largest service trade country in the world in 2015. Therefore, the port's future service trade development prospects are relatively good, and shoulder a particularly important task. Because China's trade in services is a state of continuous deficit. The service trade deficit of transportation ranks second, so the port also shoulders the important task of reversing the deficit and promoting the growth of China's service trade.

          Shanghai, the largest in scale, how to improve services in the future?

          Qi Guozhong, president of Maersk Wharf North Asia, must provide high value-added services, such as finance, and even ship repair, insurance, and banking. This can truly become a so-called hub port. There are also customs clearance conditions, Shanghai Port has been quite improved, but there are certain problems with Hong Kong and Singapore. If Shanghai Port wants to catch up with other ports, the soft power should really be strengthened.

          Wang Haimin, Director and General Manager of COSCO Shipping Container Transportation Co., Ltd.: When it comes to the construction of an international shipping center, the scale is definitely an important reference factor. In 2016, among the top ten ports in the world, China accounted for eight. In terms of scale, we must be Second to none. But it seems that when it comes to shipping centers, everyone mentions London, Singapore, and China's ports speak less. In addition to the volume of shipping centers, there are many other factors, such as shipping finance, shipping insurance, and shipping laws and regulations. Now all our charter contracts are in London, England. Since 2009, the State Council, Shanghai, and Shanghai have introduced corresponding plans. In the future, with the gradual improvement of our capabilities, our shipping center will be built to a higher level. I believe that the future shipping center must be in China, and it must be produced in a region where our cargo growth is relatively fast.

          Getting the championship in the shipping center is the ultimate dream!

          Chen Haoyuan, Party Secretary and Chairman of Shanghai International Port (Group) Co., Ltd.: The goal of Shanghai Port is to basically build an international shipping center by 2020, the core of which is port transformation, especially business transformation and technological innovation. Shanghai Port is not very high in this championship. Now it is the world champion in throughput. I want to win the championship of the real shipping center. Taking a number first, of course, is a thing to celebrate, but also something to be proud of, but not satisfied. For me, we can truly become a shipping center, a world-famous strong port, is my ultimate dream.

Source: CCTV Dialogue