On October 15, the Information Office of the Shanghai Municipal Government held a press conference on the “Promoting High-Quality Development” theme series of the 2024 North Bund International Shipping Forum to introduce the overall arrangements for this year's forum and the construction of an international shipping center. The reporter learned from the meeting that over the past year, China has made positive progress in the high-quality development of water transport. In terms of the size of the fleet structure, as of September this year, China's total shipping fleet reached 430 million dwt, accounting for 18.7% of the world's fleet, ranking among the world's leaders. According to reports, China's water transport infrastructure network has been further improved this year. Efforts are being made to optimize and clear major waterway channels, and the capacity expansion and upgrading of main waterways is progressing in an orderly manner. A number of waterway remediation projects in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River have been completed and accepted, and the Jianghuai Canal has achieved full navigation. The Pinglu Canal project has completed a total investment of more than 40 billion yuan, and the construction investment ratio is over 50%. Efforts are being made to strengthen the capacity supply of key regions and key cargo terminals. Major construction projects such as the container terminal in the Xiaoyangshan North Operation Area in Shanghai have progressed smoothly, and construction of a number of terminal renovation and expansion projects have been accelerated.

On October 15, the Information Office of the Shanghai Municipal Government held a press conference on the “Promoting High-Quality Development” theme series of the 2024 North Bund International Shipping Forum to introduce the overall arrangements for this year's forum and the construction of an international shipping center. The reporter learned from the meeting that over the past year, China has made positive progress in the high-quality development of water transport. In terms of fleet structure, as of September of this year, China's total shipping fleet reached 430 million dwt, accounting for 18.7% of the world's fleet, ranking among the world's leaders. According to reports, China's water transport infrastructure network has been further improved this year. Efforts are being made to optimize and clear major waterway channels, and the capacity expansion and upgrading of main waterways is progressing in an orderly manner. A number of waterway remediation projects in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River have been completed and accepted, and the Jianghuai Canal has achieved full navigation. The Pinglu Canal project has completed a total investment of more than 40 billion yuan, and the construction investment ratio is over 50%. Efforts are being made to strengthen the capacity supply of key regions and key cargo terminals. Major construction projects such as the container terminal in the Xiaoyangshan North Operation Area in Shanghai have progressed smoothly, and construction of a number of terminal renovation and expansion projects have been accelerated.