China and the "one way along" along the 36 countries signed a maritime agreement
- Author:James
- Source:China Resources Network
- Release Date:2017-05-17
China and the "one way along" along the 36 countries signed a maritime agreement
Reporters learned from the Ministry of Transport, as of May this year, China has been "along the way" along the 36 countries and the European Union, ASEAN signed a bilateral maritime transport agreement (river agreement).
In recent years, about 60% of the total value of China's imports is waterway transport, and 65% of the total value of exports is waterway. It can be seen that the importance of shipping to China's foreign trade. I would like to ask, how will the Ministry of Transport promote the construction of the Silk Road at sea in the 21st century and make better use of the Silk Road in the sea to promote foreign economic and trade cooperation?
As of May 2017, China has signed a bilateral maritime transport agreement (river trade agreement) with 36 countries along the "one way" and the EU and ASEAN respectively. The contents of the agreement have been implemented. The two sides have given each other a national ship service guarantee And tax concessions, to support the other enterprises in their own business presence.
In the framework of the maritime agreement, China has established regular maritime talks with the EU and ASEAN, focusing on the international maritime development situation, the latest maritime policy, market supervision, shipping safety, environmental protection, personnel training and other aspects of extensive and in-depth exchanges A number of priority areas have reached a concrete intention of cooperation and have achieved fruitful results.
The next step, the Ministry of Transport will be bilateral, multilateral maritime talks as a platform to strengthen the "area along the way" along the country and regional exchanges, to promote strategic cooperation in the maritime sector.
First, with the help of bilateral maritime cooperation mechanism, and actively promote the "zone along the way" initiative, along with the countries in the maritime areas to carry out more strategic cooperation; the second is to promote China's port and shipping companies to actively participate in "one way" construction, strengthen the enterprise " First, to encourage maritime enterprises to open up new maritime routes, encrypted flights, improve the maritime transport service network along the sea, in the sea transport, port logistics and other countries along the country to carry out comprehensive cooperation; Fourth, With a variety of international organizations platform and multi-bilateral cooperation mechanism, in-depth participation in international maritime organizations and navigation safety cooperation matters, enhance our voice and influence, strengthen the maritime transport channel security.
