Lu Ming, Deputy District Party Chief and District Governor, met with a delegation led by Zhao Shiqing, Member of Executive Committee and Chairman of the China Committee of the Hong Kong Shipowners Association, and Executive Chairman of Huaguang Shipping Holdings Limited on April 12.
Lu Ming welcomed Zhao Shiqing and his delegation. Lu said that currently, Hongkou is striving to build the North Bund of Shanghai and the Golden Triangle of Huangpu River in accordance with the decision-making and deployment of the municipal Party committee and the municipal government, focusing on developing high-end shipping service industry, promoting the upgrading of shipping service trade chain, and continuously improving the industry's agglomeration, brand fame, and leadership. Hongkou and the Hong Kong Shipowner Community have a solid foundation of cooperation and broad development space. It is hoped that both sides can further strengthen exchanges and cooperation, participate more in the development and construction of the North Bund and work together to form all-round cooperation at a higher level to achieve complementary advantages on a larger scale, jointly enhance the shipping development and make new and greater contributions to building an international shipping service highland with global influence and core competitiveness.
Zhao Shiqing briefly introduced the development of the Hong Kong Shipowners Association and its services to Shanghai. He stated that the cooperation between Shanghai and Hong Kong is an important point for the future development of China's shipping industry. Because shipping elements concentrate in Hongkou and the District has a good business environment and a strong sense of service, the Association will firmly seize the great opportunity of the development and construction of the North Bund, carry out deeper cooperation in more fields with Hongkou, further integrate resources and concentrate efforts, fully play the role of a platform to strengthen business sector interaction,expand and strengthen the shipping industry, and strive to contribute more efforts to the economic development of Hongkou.
Before the meeting, Zhao Shiqing and his delegation visited the Grand Hall, the North Bund Digital Exhibition Hall and the Lester Institute of Technical Education to experience the rapid development and changes of the North Bund.
Zheng Hong, member of the Standing Committee of the Hongkou District Committee and director of the United Front Work Department, and Chen Shuai, Deputy District Governor, participated in relevant activities.