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July 11, 2005, is the 600 anniversary of the seven voyages of the great Chinese navigator Zheng He. In order to carry forward the spirit of Zheng He, inherit the navigation culture, enhance the national awareness of navigation and ocean, and promote good-neighborly friendship, the State Council decided on April 25, 2005 to determine July 11 each year as the "Navigation Day". Since the establishment of China Maritime Day for ten years, it has been widely welcomed and has a great social impact.

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China Navigation Day Forum is the only national festival in my country's sea-related field-the main event at the national level of "Navigation Day". The relevant state departments have not only given active support, but also placed it on building an international exhibition brand in the navigation field as soon as possible and helping The ardent hope of "One Belt One Road" construction. With the first successful holding of the China Navigation Day Forum in 2014, its industry influence and social attention continue to increase. More and more government officials, industry leaders, academic elites, and social sages at home and abroad will actively participate in the China Navigation Day Forum. activity.

2015 China Maritime Day Forum will be held in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province. The organizing committee of the forum is headed by Xu Zuyuan, chairman of the Chinese Society of Navigation and former vice minister of the Ministry of Transport, and Liu Gongchen, executive vice chairman of the Chinese Society of Navigation and former safety director of the Ministry of Transport, as executive director and secretary-general. Zhang Baochen, former president of the Water Transport Research Institute of the Ministry of Transport, served as executive deputy director and executive deputy secretary-general.

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2015 China Maritime Day Forum consists of one main forum and seven thematic forums. The theme of the main forum is "Sailing the Silk Road and Building Blue Dreams Together". The topics closely revolve around the "Belt and Road Initiative" strategy and provide speeches around the theme for the most important speakers.

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7 thematic forums are: Haisi Port International Cooperation Forum; China International Seafarers Forum; Small and Medium Shipping Enterprise Leaders Forum; International Shipping and Bulk Commodity Trading Forum; China (Ningbo) Pilotage Development Forum; Xingzhou Zhiyuan International Navigation Forum; Ningbo International Marine New Industry Forum.