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According to China's Ministry of Transport (MOT), the country has the best connected shipping networks in the world and makes up about one third of global shipping volume. Home to seven of the 10 busiest ports in the world, the country also has the world's largest cargo and container throughput.
In 2021, China's waterway cargo transport volume reached 8.24 billion tons, ranking first in the world. In terms of inland waterway system, the freight volume of the Yangtze River has ranked first in the world for years.
For China, about 95 percent of its traded goods are carried out by maritime shipping, said He Jianzhong, chairman of China Institute of Navigation, adding that it must be cognizant of its position to better develop the shipping industry.
In recent years, China has carried out a series of measures and achieved progress in the green, low-carbon and smart development of the shipping industry.
To promote the green transformation of the industry, China has improved laws, regulations and standards for the application of new and clean energy in waterway transportation, strengthening the control of pollution from ships and ports.
At present, the long -term mechanism has been continuously improved for pollution prevention and control along the Yangtze River Economic Belt, which basically realized closed -loop management of the whole transportation process and the tracing of pollutants, said MOT.
In terms of smart shipping, China has actively promoted the construction of smart ports and smart waterways, and built a shipping service network based on block chain.
BeiDou Navigation Satellite System was applied to waterway transportation, and an electronic navigation map of the Yangtze River has been completed. Smart vessels have been put into trial or operation. For example, "Zhi Fei," China's first self -developed 300TEU container ship with smart navigation capability, was officially delivered and put into operation in Qingdao Port, Shandong on April 22.
With blockchain technology, China has upgraded the shipping service system for imported e-commerce goods and refrigerated containers, realizing the digitalization of the bills of lading and sea waybills, according to MOT.
The development and upgrade of Chinese shipping industry will help ensure the stability of international supply chains, and promote world economic and trade recovery.
Notable progress has been made in jointly building the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road. The Piraeus port in Greece, invested and operated by Chinese companies, has become the largest container port in the Mediterranean, said Zhao Chongjiu, vice minister of MOT.