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The shipping industry is the bridge and link of international trade. More than 2/3 of the total volume of international trade, most of China's import and export goods are transported by sea.

July 11,
is the tenth China Navigation Day. The Announcement of China Navigation Day 2015 issued by the China Navigation Day Activity Organization Working Committee shows that at present, our commercial fishing fleet size, number of seafarers, and shipbuilding output are all in the world. Forefront; my country's international shipping volume has accounted for 1/3 of the world's international shipping volume, and more than 90% of foreign cargo trade transportation is completed by shipping; the country's port cargo and container throughput and aquatic product output have ranked first in the world for many years; navigation technology, equipment and education are at the international advanced level, and some have reached the international leading level; marine minerals, oil and gas and modern shipping services have developed rapidly; marine economy Has accounted for one-tenth of GDP.

He Jianzhong emphasized that in the coming period, the development of China's shipping industry will focus on the three major national strategies, take the initiative and unite forces to enhance the status of shipping in serving economic and social development, accelerate the construction of a maritime power, and lay a solid foundation for building a maritime power. basis.

2015 Navigation Day Forum Paying Attention to Great Opportunities of "Maritime Silk Road"

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"Belt and Road Initiative" is a major strategic decision made by the country in response to the profound changes in the global situation and the overall domestic and international situations. In order to help the development and construction of the "Belt and Road Initiative", we finally decided to make the construction of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road the core theme of the 2015 China Maritime Day Forum." Zhang Baochen, deputy director of the Executive Committee of the China Maritime Day Forum, introduced.

Although this Navigation Day event and Typhoon "Canhong" met in Ningbo, the topic of "21st Century Maritime Silk Road" still attracted many people from inside and outside the maritime industry to participate.

"Belt and Road Initiative" is China's general program for opening up and foreign economic cooperation for a long time in the future. There is no one on the road or who is not on the road. We are all on the road." Ou Xiaoli, an inspector of the Western Development Department of the national development and Reform Commission, said that some media interpreted that some provinces were not within the strategic scope, which was a misunderstanding. He said that the "Belt and Road" is not only an important starting point for forming my country's new economic growth point and promoting the optimization and upgrading of domestic enterprises, but also in line with the actual demands of countries along the route to develop industries and create jobs.

Li Yang, director of the Water Transport Research Institute of the Ministry of Transport of
, believes that the Chinese government has clearly placed "greening" in the same strategic position as new industrialization, urbanization, informatization, and agricultural modernization. All parties should work together to build a "green" 21st Century Maritime Silk Road.

"The Maritime Silk Road brings us challenges. We must actively complete the upgrade of existing ports and make full use of the leverage of the Maritime Silk Road to update the ports." From Malaysia's Deputy Minister of Transport Abdullah? Baslun said that Malaysia is very supportive of the concept of the Maritime Silk Road. The peace and stability of the countries and regions along the Maritime Silk Road are crucial to the success of the Silk Road construction and the realization of its goals.