Promotion of ‘Haisi Port Co-operation Forum’ Held in London

Golden Age Media, London, January 14,, Ningbo Zhoushan Port Group in London, England, held a ‘Haisi Port Cooperation Forum (MPF2025)’ promotion activities, the Chinese Embassy in London, Zhejiang Provincial Seaport Group, Ningbo Zhoushan Port Group, the British shipping, the media and other guests more than 70 people attended the promotion.

Group photo of the guests

Yu Benlin, Minister of Economic and Commercial Affairs of the Chinese Embassy in the United Kingdom, mentioned in his speech: this activity is the first time to participate in the forum activities after I assumed my duties, the HaiSi Port Forum has been successfully held for many years, and it has become an important platform for trade and shipping exchanges between China and the United Kingdom and China and the European Union. China, Britain as the world's major economies and free trade supporters, has a wide range of co-operation space. Efficient, automation-led port shipping greatly reduces freight costs and improves trade exchanges between the two countries, and bilateral trade between China and the UK has reached £110 billion, with China investing more than £14 billion in related financial assets. Britain is the birthplace of modern shipping industry, China is the world's largest shipping country, I hope that in the future to strengthen cooperation and exchanges in the field of shipping.

Ye Zhihang, Deputy General Manager of Zhejiang Seaport Group, said in his speech, ‘It is a great honour to come to London again after 9 months, and it is also the first stop of our series of promotion meetings. The reason why we put London on the first stop is because London is both the world's financial centre and the world's shipping centre, and cooperation between Zhejiang and London can be further strengthened.’

John McLean, Chairman of the Sino-British Business Development Centre, said in his speech at the promotion meeting that China's economy is developing rapidly, port construction has advantages in intelligence, green and other aspects, and the UK has a long experience in port management and port finance, so the UK and China can further strengthen their cooperation in the aspects of port construction, shipping and so on.

The UK Chancellor of the Exchequer has just finished his visit to China, and the UK and China have resumed their economic and financial dialogue, which has been suspended for six years. The UK will increase its exports of food, agricultural products and pet food to China. The export of these products from the United Kingdom relies mainly on sea transport. Therefore, it is the right time to hold the ‘Maritime Port Co-operation Forum (MPF2025)’ promotion conference in London.

It is reported that the ‘Hai silk port cooperation forum’ was launched in 2015, so far it has been held for eight sessions, and has become an international port and navigation professional forum. ‘MPF2025 will be held on 26-29 May 2025 in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province.