Lying on the Yangtze River and facing the Pacific Ocean, Shanghai has long been the trailblazer of China's opening-up to the outside world. Since the port opening, Shanghai has been a key port city for China's foreign transportation and trade. In Jan. 1996, the CPC Central Committee and State Council took a farsighted view and made a significant strategic decision to build an international shipping center in Shanghai, and in 2009 further clarified the development objective of basic formation of Shanghai international shipping center by 2020. Over the past more than two decades, Shanghai has remained true to the original aspiration and kept her mission firmly in mind, carried forward the ambition and courage of pursuing the top class in the world, turned the decision and deployment of the CPC Central Committee into the dynamic practices of building Shanghai international shipping center, which has made remarkable achievements and written a legendary chapter in the world shipping history.

It's the time to ride the wind and waves on stable rudder and in full sail. In this new epoch that China marches forward from a big maritime nation to a strong maritime nation, let's make concerted efforts and forge ahead to a build a world-class shipping center in Shanghai!