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BEIJING, Oct. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

The 6th Maritime Silk Road(https://en.imsilkroad.com/) Port International

Cooperation Forum, one of the activities to mark the Maritime Day of China,

opened in Ningbo City of Zhejiang Province, east China on Wednesday.

The forum, which highlighted the theme of "Coping with current changes,

overcoming difficulties, and discussing related strategies", includes events

such as high-level roundtables, themed saloons, and special conferences to

showcase the academic achievements, the development experience and advanced

technologies of port and shipping industry.

Recent years, Ningbo poured great efforts into world-class ports construction,

resulting in significant development of local ports, which, in turn, brought up

development of the city, said Peng Jiaxue, member of the Standing Committee of

the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee and secretary of the Ningbo Municipal

Party Committee on the opening ceremony.

In 2020, the city's local GDP ranked the twelfth among all cities in China and

its exports value ranked the fifth nationwide. Its international shipping

center development index ranked among the top 10 around the world.

Gao Xingfu, deputy governor of the People's Government of Zhejiang Province,

said that for twelve years in a row, cargo throughput of Ningbo-Zhoushan Port

ranked the first around the world, making the port the only one worldwide with

an annual cargo throughput of more than one billion tonnes.

Under the backdrop of routine and targeted

COVID-19(https://en.imsilkroad.com/z/200318-1/index.shtml) epidemic response in

China, Zhejiang Province mapped out a 5-year development blueprint for

Ningbo-Zhoushan Port and is striving to craft the Ningbo-Zhoushan Port into an

important global logistics hub, bulk commodity storage and transport base and

characteristic shipping service base for the 21st Century Maritime Silk

Road(https://en.imsilkroad.com/), noted Gao.

During the opening ceremony, Global Port Reputation Report 2021 was officially

released by Xinhua-run China Economic Information Service to present the

international reputation of global ports in the post-epidemic era.

The forum was jointly organized by the People's Government of Ningbo

Municipality, China Institute of Navigation, Department of Transport of

Zhejiang Province and China Ports & Harbours Association.

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Source: Xinhua Silk Road

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   Caption: Photo shows the releasing of Ningbo Declaration for global port shipping

jointly coping with changes, overcoming difficulties, and discussing related

strategies.