The first event will be held at the end of the year, and Pudong is building the first international and market-oriented shipping event in mainland China. Finance | Shipping | Event
On June 15th, the reporter learned at the "Lujiazui Industrial Finance Forum 2023- Asia Shipping and Logistics Summit" that the first "Pudong Shipping Week" event will be held at the end of this year. The event aims to promote in-depth industry exchanges, smooth information flow, and resource docking and cooperation. We have launched the recruitment of global shipping market entities, aiming to create the first international, market-oriented, and professional "Shipping Week" brand event in mainland China.
Shanghai is a world leading international shipping center city, and building a communication platform for the shipping industry is an inevitable need for Shanghai to deepen the construction of the international shipping center. "The natural attributes of the shipping industry determine its urgent need for information aggregation and industrial upstream and downstream communication. In the process of Shanghai's basic construction of a shipping center to its complete construction, it needs such a platform to benchmark against the international market." Yang Chao, member of the Standing Committee and Deputy District Mayor of Pudong New Area, introduced that currently, Pudong Shipping has formed a development pattern of high-end shipping service industry agglomeration, industrial chain supply chain improvement, and institutional innovation, and has gathered over 10000 shipping enterprises and over 1000 licensed financial institutions, possessing the widest application scenarios for industrial development and practicing ESG concepts.
The first "Pudong Shipping Week" series of activities will be held from December 4th to 9th. The event will mainly reflect four characteristics: first, market demand is dominant. Enterprises or institutions undertake various activities, fully leveraging market activity and agency in terms of organizational form and participating entities. The second is leading by cutting-edge innovation. To cope with the digital, intelligent, and green transformation, create an innovative industrial ecosystem, and seize the discourse power of the new track. The third is the characteristic of Pudong shipping. Rich activities will be carried out around the advantageous industries and major projects of "cruise intelligent manufacturing", "eastern hub", and "integration of finance, capital, trade, and shipping". The fourth is to achieve diversified integration. There are serious and professional cutting-edge discussions, as well as united and lively industry events, with diverse forms to achieve full integration of shipping and various business formats.
As of now, a number of industry institutions, including the China Shipowners Association, Shanghai Modern Service Industry Federation, BIMCO, Shipping Industry Network, etc., have expressed their willingness to work with the government to create an industry event and become strategic partners for the "Pudong Shipping Week". They have clearly defined the activity positioning of leading industry development, expanding external exchanges, and strengthening commercial communication.