On the 27th, at the opening ceremony and main forum of the 2024 Maritime Silk Port Cooperation Forum, the Blue Book for the Development of Ningbo Zhoushan International Shipping Center (2023) (hereinafter referred to as the Blue Book) was officially released. Ports are the "barometer" and important support for global economic development. In Zhoushan, Ningbo, more than 300 domestic and international shipping routes intersect and converge. This is also the intersection of the "Silk Road Economic Belt" and the "21st Century Maritime Silk Road". In 2023, Ningbo Zhoushan will rise to the ninth place in the Xinhua Baltic Sea International Shipping Center Development Index, accelerate the construction of a world-class port and fully integrate into the development of the "the Belt and Road", which is a hard core force supporting the new development pattern and serving the national strategy. Annual highlights: The comprehensive competitiveness of shipping services continues to improve. Based on the vivid practice of building an international shipping center and a world-class strong port in Ningbo Zhoushan, the Blue Book closely tracks the 15 influential events of 2023 through in-depth research, and analyzes the construction of the Ningbo Zhoushan international shipping center layer by layer. The Blue Book shows that Ningbo Zhoushan Port has gathered shipping service elements, strengthened the service function system, and significantly improved the level of shipping services. The scale of ship trading is leading in the industry. As of the end of 2023, the world's first online shipping trading platform, "Pai Chuan Wang", has bid for more than 900 types of shipping assets, with a transaction volume of over 8.5 billion yuan. Currently, it has become the most comprehensive shipping trading service platform with the most complete service functions and the largest transaction volume in China. The ship supply system is becoming more complete. In 2023, the refueling volume of Zhoushan bonded ships reached 7.0464 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 16.95%, ranking first in China and fourth in the world. Ningbo Zhoushan Port has completed its first international voyage ship bonded LNG refueling business, becoming one of the few ports in the world with the ability to provide "ship to ship" LNG synchronous refueling services, achieving a significant breakthrough in ship maritime services and green shipping services. Shipping financial services are becoming increasingly prosperous. The financing scale of Ningbo Zhoushan Shipping has grown rapidly. By the end of 2023, the balance of loans for industries related to port and shipping economy increased by 19.79% compared to the beginning of the year. Shipping insurance continues to create efficiency and innovation, launching the country's first safety production liability insurance for port enterprises, "Yonggang An". China Export&Credit Insurance Corporation Ningbo Branch underwrites the country's first container leasing business, tying a "safety belt" for container leasing business. Improve the level of maritime legal services. Establish the first national center for diversified resolution of foreign-related maritime disputes, achieving full coverage of dispute resolution in the three major fields of international shipping trade, international ship finance, and international port services; The establishment of the International Commercial Court and the establishment of an International Legal Service Center will provide a full chain of foreign-related legal services. Shipping information consulting services are constantly deepening. Promote the construction of the "Four Ports" linkage smart logistics cloud platform, launch the "Yong Etong" international trade one-stop service platform, successfully land the first full process online blockchain electronic warehouse receipt financing business of the Haigang bulk cargo digital supply chain service platform, and release the China Central and Eastern European Countries Trade Prosperity Index from the Ningbo Airlines Exchange. High quality shipping service enterprises are constantly gathering. As a leading local shipping enterprise in Zhoushan, Ningbo COSCO SHIPPING ranks 24th in the global shipping capacity ranking of liner companies. It is understood that in 2023, the total number of international shipping agency companies registered in Ningbo and Zhoushan reached 294, and there were a total of 5187 international freight forwarding companies. We have settled in the headquarters of seven shipping companies, including Aladdin Shipping, Hankou Shipping, and Waldorf Shipping. The top ten domestic and foreign shipping giants in the world have all established branches in Ningbo and Zhoushan. Hard core support: Infrastructure and collection and distribution systems continue to improve. The Blue Book focuses on the capacity and scale of seaport hubs, route networks and collection and distribution systems, as well as the construction of smart and green ports. The system presents the experience and practices of Ningbo Zhoushan in building a modern port hub that connects ports to the world, deepening global port and shipping cooperation, and continuously improving technological innovation capabilities. Ningbo Zhoushan Port has become the only port in the world with dual "ten million container level" single terminals. The first "double decker high container" railway in China, the Jinyong Railway, has officially opened for operation. The construction of smart and green ports has achieved significant results, continuously expanding the research and application of clean energy and new energy such as electricity, solar energy, LNG, hydrogen, etc. The shore power coverage rate of container and dry bulk cargo berths with a capacity of over 50000 tons has reached 98%, and the industry's first intelligent power exchange station has been put into operation. The intelligent system for the entire process of the island at the Moulanghu Port has won the Special Prize for Science and Technology Progress of the China Hong Kong Association. The Yongzhou Smart Project and Meishan Digital Twin have respectively won the First and Second Prize for Science and Technology Progress of the China Hong Kong Association. It is reported that the internationalization level of this year's Haisi Port Cooperation Forum has been further enhanced, attracting more than 1600 guests from nearly 40 countries and regions to attend, releasing multiple industry research results, and promoting participating units to sign a series of cooperation projects. (Lai Xin She)