Mississippi-Yangtze Strategic Cooperation Forum opens

MISSISSIPPI-Yangtze Strategic Cooperation Forum, with the aim to promote exchange and cooperation, has been held in Chongqing, reports Xinhua.

The chief engineer of China's Ministry of Transport Xu Guang addressed at the forum. He stated that this forum is of great importance for the development of shipping in the Mississippi and the Yangtze rivers with the attendance of the delegates from the administration departments, shipping enterprises and industrial associations of US and China.

Mr Xu Guang pointed out that as the first and second largest navigable rivers in the world, the Yangtze River and the Mississippi River will enhance exchange and communication to advance the management of inland waterways and service to local economy.

The themes of the event included inland waterways transportation, river hinterland economic development, opportunities and preferential policies for foreign investors in inland China. Near 200 delegates from US and China visited river facilities like Chongqing Port.

Through this event, the two sides shared experiences about the development of shipping, logistics and regional economic issues along the rivers, and exchange views on strategic cooperation, with a wish to build a platform for communication and cooperation between the administrator of two rivers, a high-level communication platform for the shipping and logistics industries on the two rivers and economic cooperation between the two regions.

Source: SchedNet