The People's Government of Hunan Province and the China COSCO Shipping Corporation Limited (COSCO Shipping Group) signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement in Changsha on the afternoon of February 28, 2024. The two sides will promote integration of Hunan port and shipping resources and the integrated development of port, industry, and city, assisting Hunan enterprises in "going global".

Shen Xiaoming, secretary of the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee, witnessed the signing ceremony. Mao Weiming, deputy secretary of the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee and governor of the People's Government of Hunan Province, met with Wan Min, chairman of the Board of Directors and secretary of the CPC Leadership Group of the COSCO Shipping Group.

On February 28, the provincial government and the COSCO Shipping Group inked a strategic cooperation framework agreement. Secretary Shen, Governor Mao, and Chairman Wan witnessed the signing ceremony.

Hunan Vice Governor Li Jianzhong and COSCO Shipping Group Deputy General Manager Lin Ji, signed the agreement on behalf of their respective sides.

Governor Mao and Chairman Wan had a meeting before the signing ceremony.

The COSCO Shipping Group is a world's leading comprehensive logistics and supply chain service provider. Its operating routes cover more than 1,500 ports in over 160 countries and regions, with a fleet of more than 1,400 vessels. Focusing on digital and intelligent empowerment and green and low-carbon development, the group has made every effort to build an integrated service system of "shipping + ports + logistics". It aims to establish a global green, digital, and intelligent comprehensive logistics and supply chain service ecosystem, making itself a world-class shipping science and technology enterprise.

The meeting.

According to the agreement, both sides will strengthen cooperation in shipping business, and expedite construction of channels and regional supply chain system. They will jointly push forward the building of the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor and the Hunan-Guangdong-Africa Rail-sea New Channel, to better support Hunan's modernized comprehensive three-dimensional transport system and high-quality economic and social development.

The Sany Group and the COSCO Shipping Group contracted a cooperation agreement on deepening collaboration in container transportation and improving the whole supply chain solution. The Chenglingji New Port Area Management Committee and the Huaihua International Land Port Economic Development Zone Management Committee respectively signed cooperation agreements with the COSCO Shipping Lines Co., Ltd., to speed up multimodal transportation and high-quality construction of regional shipping and logistics hub.

Photos taken by Liu Shangwen and Tang Jun.

This article is from the Hunan Provincial Government www.enghunan.gov.cn.

Translator: Yu Jiangjiang

Chinese source: hunan.gov.cn