On the morning of April 22, the three-day 4th International Supply Chain Logistics Exposition (ISL Expo 2026) grandly opened at the Shanghai Convention & Exhibition Center of International Sourcing (SHCEC).
Against the backdrop of various uncertainties impacting the global economy, trade and shipping markets, this grand event has built a platform for communication and cooperation between foreign trade cargo owner enterprises and supply chain logistics enterprises, highlighting its important value and significance.
Exhibitors and numerous professional visitors braved the rain to come for business negotiations and cooperation
The first day of the exhibition saw a full house of visitors and enthusiastic interactions
This exhibition is hosted by China Shipping Gazette (CSG) and Top 50 Shipping Elites Research Center (50SERC), and co-hosted by Automatic Identification Manufacture Association of China (AIM China), International Shipping Enterprise Association (ISEA), China Communications and Transportation Association - Shipping and Logistics Branch (CCTA-SLB), and China Communications and Transportation Association - Express and Logistics Branch (CCTA-ELB), among others.
Leaders including Huang Zhendong, Former Minister of the Ministry of Communications, Xu Zuyuan, Former Vice Minister of the Ministry of Transport, and Yang Xingshi, President of the China Communications and Transportation Association, attended the opening ceremony.
The opening ceremony was packed with attendees
Guests also present at the opening ceremony included Gu Jinshan, President of China Ports & Harbors Association; Song Dexing, Former Director General of the Water Transport Bureau, Ministry of Transport; Stéphane Graber, Director General of the International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA); Ke Linchun, Vice President and Secretary-General of the China Communications and Transportation Association; Wang Jianmin, General Manager of China Eastern Air Logistics Co., Ltd.; Chen Jian, Deputy General Manager of COSCO SHIPPING Logistics & Supply Chain Management Co., Ltd.; Qiao Hongwei, Member of the Party Committee and Vice President of Shenzhen Port Group Co., Ltd.; Ren Haiping, Chairman of SIPG LOGISTICS CO., LTD.; Hong Jun, Assistant General Manager of COSCO SHIPPING Ports Limited (CSP); Lars Anke, Chief Representative of the Hamburg Liaison Office in China; Sun Xuejun, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Zhejiang Seaport Logistics Group Co., Ltd.; Chen Zhaohui, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, Vice Chairman and General Manager of Xiamen Port Holding Group Co., Ltd.; Qian Lin, President of CCTA-ELB and Former General Manager of China Railway Express Co., Ltd.; Wang Yongli, Former Deputy Director General of the Market Regulation Department, State Post Bureau of China; Qu Hong, Member of the Party Committee of Chongqing Logistics Group Co., Ltd., and Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Chongqing Port Co., Ltd.; Sun Bangcheng, Deputy General Manager of Guangzhou Port Co., Ltd.; Li Xiaochen, Deputy General Manager, Board Secretary, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of Beibu Gulf Port Co., Ltd.; Li Yonghua, Chairman and General Manager of Shanghai Zhonggu Logistics Co., Ltd.; Wan Xinzhou, Deputy Director of the Guangzhou Port Authority; Yin Zhenwei, Chief Economist of Lianyungang Port Holding Group Co., Ltd.; Chen Li from TANGSHAN PORT HE DE SHIPPING CO., LTD.; Jiang Wei, Deputy General Manager of SHANGHAI JINJIANG SHIPPING (GROUP) CO., LTD.; Wang Minfeng, Deputy General Manager of the Securities Affairs Department of COSCO SHIPPING Holdings Co., Ltd. and the Public Relations Department of COSCO SHIPPING LINES CO., LTD.; Wang Yi, Sales General Manager of Central and North China Region, Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. (MSC); and Zhang Pengbo, General Manager of the Container Management Center, SITC Enterprise Management, SITC International Holdings Co., Ltd. (SITC).
Ni Wei, President of China Shipping Gazette (CSG), and Huang Youfang, Chairman of 50SERC, delivered speeches on behalf of the organizers respectively, wishing the exhibition a complete success and hoping to provide more opportunities for exchanges and docking for all parties in the supply chain. Stéphane Graber, Director General of FIATA, delivered a speech as the representative of international guests.
Ni Wei, President of China Shipping Gazette (CSG)
Huang Youfang, Chairman of 50SERC
Stéphane Graber, Director General of FIATA
Ren Haiping, Chairman of SIPG LOGISTICS CO., LTD., Wang Jianmin, General Manager of China Eastern Air Logistics Co., Ltd., Chen Jian, Deputy General Manager of COSCO SHIPPING Logistics & Supply Chain Management Co., Ltd., Hong Jun, Assistant General Manager of COSCO SHIPPING Ports Limited (CSP), and Wang Yi, Sales General Manager of Central and North China Region, MSC, delivered speeches on behalf of port logistics exhibitors, air logistics exhibitors, supply chain logistics exhibitors, terminal operator exhibitors and international exhibitors respectively. Chen Hongbing, Editor-in-Chief of China Shipping Gazette (CSG), presided over the opening ceremony.
Ren Haiping, Chairman of SIPG LOGISTICS CO., LTD.
Wang Jianmin, General Manager of China Eastern Air Logistics Co., Ltd.
Chen Jian, Deputy General Manager of COSCO SHIPPING Logistics & Supply Chain Management Co., Ltd.
Wang Yi, Sales General Manager of Central and North China Region, MSC
Chen Hongbing, Editor-in-Chief of China Shipping Gazette (CSG)
With the theme of "Clustering ports, waterway, railway and airway. Linking cargo owners", this exhibition is committed to building "the exhibition with the largest gathering of logistics managers from foreign trade cargo owner enterprises". It has brought together capacity suppliers in port, shipping, railway, air transport and express delivery, as well as foreign trade cargo owner enterprises in 15 popular categories, highlighting the docking, exchange and cooperation among all parties in the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain. It is expected to attract 25,000 professional visitors, including 3,000 foreign trade cargo owner buyers.
The international supply chain logistics sector features a wide scope and long chains, with complex and diverse cargo owner demands. As a characteristic brand exhibition, to achieve efficient, pragmatic and comprehensive business docking between supply and demand sides, this exhibition has gathered a rich ecosystem of participating enterprises. It has received strong support from more than 200 exhibitors and sponsoring enterprises covering all key nodes of the international supply chain and realizing full-factor aggregation, including COSCO SHIPPING LINES, MSC, SITC, Sinotrans Container Lines Co., Ltd. (SNL), SHANGHAI JINJIANG SHIPPING (GROUP) CO., LTD. (JJ), Chinese-Polish Joint Stock Shipping Company, TANGSHAN PORT HE DE SHIPPING CO., LTD., China United Lines Co., Ltd. (CULines), Shanghai Zhonggu Logistics Co., Ltd., SIPG LOGISTICS CO., LTD. (SIPGL), COSCO SHIPPING Ports Limited (CSP), Zhejiang Seaport Group, Qingdao Port, Beibu Gulf Port, Guangzhou Port, Shenzhen Port, Xiamen Port Holding Group, Chongqing Port, Lianyungang Port, Cangzhou Port, COSCO SHIPPING Logistics & Supply Chain Management Co., Ltd., China Eastern Air Logistics Co., Ltd. (CEAL), China Railway Special Cargo Logistics Co., Ltd. (CRSCL), China Railway Express Co., Ltd., China Railway Shanghai Group Co., Ltd., ZTO Supply Chain Management Co., Ltd. (ZTO FREIGHT), Shenzhen Shunfeng Express Co., Ltd (SF), Shanghai Yunda Yunqian Logistics Technology Co., Ltd. (Yunda Express), China Post, OOCL Logistics (China) Ltd., Headwin Logistics Co., Ltd. (Headwin), WorldEx Supply Chain Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Sinotrans Air Transportation Development Co., Ltd., SHANGHAI SUNLIT LOGISTICS CO., LTD. (SUNLIT LOGISTICS), Ningbo International Logistics Development Company Limited (ILD), Shenzhen Tiantu Tongxun Supply Chain Co., Ltd., AMASS GLOBAL NETWORK GROUP CO., LTD.(AMASS), as well as CHI MA HTT LOGISTICS (Vietnam), YIWUGOU (M) SDN. BHD. (Malaysia), CTE LINKS SDN. BHD. (Malaysia), WORLDWISE FREIGHT (M) SDN BHD (Malaysia), LION WORLDWIDE SERVICES (M) SDN BHD (Malaysia), and MIKAWA CO., LTD (Japan).
During the opening ceremony, the Expert Appointment Ceremony of the Top 50 Shipping Elites Research Center, the Awarding Ceremony for Partner Enterprises of the "Pilot Program for Industry-Education Integration & College Students' Employment Promotion in China Logistics Sector", and the Announcement Ceremony of the Date and Venue for the 5th Greater Bay Area Port, Shipping and Logistics (Nansha) Conference were also held.
Guests cut the ribbon for this exhibition
Concurrently with this exhibition, many industry associations in the manufacturing and foreign trade sectors will hold foreign trade and supply chain logistics forums covering 15 major categories including optical storage, home appliances and consumer electronics, construction machinery, steel products, tires, cold chain, automobiles and auto parts, furniture, cross-border e-commerce, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, semiconductors, power batteries and energy storage cabinets, intelligent manufacturing and building materials, with a total of 18 events related to foreign trade cargo owners.
Meanwhile, on the opening day of the exhibition, the 9th Global Trade and Container Transport Conference - Market Analysis and Forecast Session and the 3rd Air Logistics Development Annual Conference were held. Subsequent events will include the 9th Global Trade and Container Transport Conference - AI and Digitalization Session, the 9th Global Trade and Container Transport Conference - Innovation Release and Cargo Owner Service Session, the 14th Express Logistics Development Conference, the Symposium on Express Logistics Business Development, the Symposium on Rail-Water Intermodal Transport Business Development, the 3rd Annual Meeting of the New Liner CEO Club, the "Golden 60 Seconds" - 9th ISEA Cross-Port Business Cooperation Docking Conference, the First "Freight Forwarder 1-on-1" Negotiation Meeting, the Forum on Short Videos Helping Port and Shipping Logistics Enterprises Expand Customers and the Port and Shipping Logistics "Influencer" Meet-and-Greet, and the International Logistics Supply Chain Enterprise Leadership Training Camp, fully meeting the docking and cooperation needs of foreign trade cargo owners and all parties in the supply chain logistics.
On April 23, 19 more cargo owner and logistics forums and events will be held.
It is also learned that the 5th International Supply Chain Logistics Exposition (ISL Expo 2027) will continue to be held at the Shanghai International Sourcing Convention and Exhibition Center from April 21 to 23, 2027.
