Speed up construction of Shanghai International Shipping Center

In the construction of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, to create "along the way" and "maritime power" and other national strategies, as well as the construction of Shanghai FTA series of major initiatives to promote positive, Shanghai International Shipping Center sustained speed. 2015 Shanghai port and shipping logistics service base will consolidate and enhance the level of modern shipping service

Of the year, Shanghai International Shipping Center constantly heard the good news: Shanghai Port container throughput of 35.2 million is expected to be completed TEUs, continues to rank first in the world; COSCO Container Lines Co., Ltd. - "COSCO Surabaya wheel" piggyback container cargo from Shanghai bound for Tianjin, Qingdao two ports, marking the Chinese five-star flag vessels of non-coastal Shanghai FTA incidentally business pilot test area was officially launched.

Also, the Pudong airport runway through the fourth and final acceptance test successfully; Hongqiao International Airport T1 terminal renovation project approved; since Shanghai to encrypt important international long route to Europe, America, Africa, the air between Shanghai and the rest of the world have become more frequent ...... 2014, Shanghai two passenger throughput is expected to achieve 88 million passengers, cargo and mail throughput of 3.55 million tons, an increase of 6.3% and 5.6%, respectively. From the harbor to the airport, in the past year, the Shanghai International Shipping Center Sparks; from hardware to software, the Shanghai International Shipping Center service level continued to jump.

Reporters learned that the hard training hard effort on the occasion, Shanghai international shipping center, "soft power" are quietly improved. Shanghai International Shipping Center work to promote Group Office, Sun Jianping, director of the Shanghai Municipal Transportation Committee, said, "soft power" mainly on four points. The first is to promote functional agencies gather, such as Chinese ship dynamic monitoring center, Shanghai crew evaluate demonstration centers have been approved to set up in Shanghai; Shanghai Court of Arbitration of the International Air, China CCPIT Shanghai Average Adjusters shipping service agencies and other key centers in Shanghai. Second, the environment is perfect port services, such as international voyages export port dynamic paperless approval and inspection, air export cargo clearance achieve full paperless. Third, market supervision and information services continue to optimize, domestic waterway container liner tariff filing formal implementation of international container liner shipping tariff filing has entered a fine record mode. Finally, shipping finance services began to appear. Currently shipping insurance operation center in Shanghai reached nine, Shanghai shipping insurance association successfully launched the first association terms.

Shanghai FTA before the establishment of wholly foreign-owned ship management companies established in the country is limited, FTA "negative list" and liberalization measures to break this taboo. Last year, Shanghai Pudong shipping by other departments matchmaking, Run-yuan Shanghai Ship Management Ltd., marine ship management (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Maersk Ship Management Consulting Co., Ltd. and other three foreign-owned ship management companies have settled in Pudong Shanghai has become the first foreign ship canal companies. 6 international shipping companies from pipe Germany, Singapore, Hong Kong and other Chinese places are for industrial and commercial registration, including the world's fourth largest ship management companies FLEET.

Port Group chairman Mr Chen opinion, the advantages of Shanghai FTA is not only to be able to attract international companies, more importantly, through a series of institutional innovation, and enhance the power and vitality of domestic enterprises. Chinese five-star flag in the non-coastal incidentally business pilot boat was officially launched, he said, This is the first trial in the capital of non-five-star flag ship coastal incidentally business, attracting returning to China's coastal port cargo transit, expand Shanghai international shipping center services, reduce shipping logistics costs is important. He said the effects of related policies continued to enlarge, Shanghai International Shipping Center will reap the fruits of more institutional innovation, Shanghai FTA dividend will also benefit more industries and businesses.

Sun Jianping, said, relying on the FTA, many shipping policy has been in the ice-breaking process. For example, in terms of traffic open port and shipping industry to expand, to allow foreign wholly-owned shipping engaged in international cargo handling, international maritime container freight station and container yard services, the proportion of public international shipping agency services to relax foreign ownership to 51%.

Sun Jianping, said 2015 will be to connect with Shanghai Yangtze River Economic Belt "along the way" and "maritime power" and other national strategies, reinforce incoming logistics services infrastructure, to enhance the level of modern shipping services, lay three cards:

The first is the reform and innovation in the field of shipping. Work out a new round of negative list of amendments to the field of shipping, shipping explore the establishment of OTC derivatives trading platform to promote Pudong airport cargo transit supervision model innovation, innovation legislation cured by local shipping areas; second shipping service system is fully functional. Shipping services to promote the construction of functional areas, attracting the Permanent Secretariat of the Asian Shipowners Associations and other shipping services in Shanghai to promote electronic invoicing Shanghai shipping insurance pilot work, promote the construction of Shanghai International Cruise Centre supplies; the third is the collection and distribution structure optimization adjustment. Promote the Yangshan Deepwater four projects, speed up E sailing demonstration area to promote cross-way airline transport business cooperation.