On the morning of June 11, the 5th China (Dongjiang) Shipping Industry Week grandly opened at InterContinental Tianjin Yujiapu Hotel in Binhai New Area, Tianjin.

This Shipping Industry Week is planned and co-organized by China Shipping Gazette, Tianjin Dongjiang Port-Industry-City Investment Group Co., Ltd. and Tianjin Dongjiang Leasing Research Institute, under the guidance of China Communications and Transportation Association and with the support of organizations including the Hong Kong Chamber of Shipping. ICBC Financial Leasing Co., Ltd. serves as its chief strategic partner.

Lian Maojun, Member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Tianjin Municipal Committee and Secretary of the CPC Binhai New Area Committee, Ni Wei, President of China Shipping Gazette, Wang Shifa, Director of Marine Department of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Zhao Shiqing, Chairman of the Hong Kong Chamber of Shipping, Li Cailiang, Party Secretary and Director of the Administrative Committee of Tianjin Dongjiang Comprehensive Bonded Zone, and Zhang Bao, President of ICBC Financial Leasing Co., Ltd., attended the opening ceremony together with other leaders and guests.

Centering on the theme of "Boosting the International Competitiveness of China's Maritime Finance Amid Global Order Restructuring", the conference focuses on prioritizing key work and delivering tangible results to pool industrial wisdom. It will help Tianjin Dongjiang achieve greater breakthroughs in maritime financial innovation, the deepened "Dongjiang + Hong Kong" cooperation model and integrated port-industry-city development, and inject new driving forces into the high-quality development of China's shipping industry.

More than 500 guests attended the opening ceremony. They included persons-in-charge from institutions such as the People's Bank of China Tianjin Branch, Tianjin Customs, Tianjin Municipal Tax Service, Tianjin Finance Bureau, Tianjin Financial Regulatory Bureau, Tianjin Foreign Affairs Office, Tianjin Maritime Safety Administration, Tianjin Maritime Court, and the CPC Binhai New Area Committee and District Government; guests from port and shipping enterprises including SIPG, COSCO SHIPPING Specialized Carriers, China Merchants Energy Shipping, COSCO SHIPPING Logistics & Supply Chain, Tianjin Port Group, COSCO SHIPPING LINES, MSC, CMA CGM, SITC International, Jinjiang Shipping, Sinotrans Container Lines, PIL and Tangshan Port He De Shipping, Lianyungang Port; as well as representatives from leasing companies, manufacturers, financial institutions, intermediary service providers and news media. Leasing companies including ICBC Financial Leasing, Minsheng Financial Leasing, Far East Horizon, CMB Financial Leasing, BOC Financial Leasing, ABC Financial Leasing, Industrial Bank Financial Leasing, Everbright Financial Leasing, Bank of Beijing Financial Leasing, SPD Financial Leasing, China Merchants Leasing and Jiangsu Financial Leasing provided sponsorship support for the event. The event also received sponsorship from enterprises including CNOOC Leasing, Guohai Company, China Merchants Industry and Veson, as well as banking and insurance institutions including Bank of China Tianjin Branch, Agricultural Bank of China Tianjin Branch, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Tianjin Branch, Postal Savings Bank of China Tianjin Branch, Bank of Communications Tianjin Branch, PICC Property and Casualty Tianjin Branch and China CITIC Bank Free Trade Zone Branch. Over 800 guests took part in all series activities of this Shipping Industry Week, and the total number of online and offline participants covering conferences, exhibitions and field visits exceeded 3,500.

Tianjin Dongjiang is an agglomeration base for China's financial leasing industry. In 2024, Dongjiang's GDP broke the 100-billion-yuan threshold for the first time and reached 101.37 billion yuan.

Throughout the year, it completed leasing businesses covering 126 aircraft, 22 engines, 209 vessels and 4 offshore engineering platforms. The scale of cross-border leasing for aircraft, ships and offshore facilities accounted for 70% of the national total, with accumulated leasing assets exceeding 1.65 trillion yuan. A series of innovative businesses such as the first cross-customs-zone vessel business combining bonded leasing and bonded exhibition & trading, the first export leasing of vessels manufactured in Tianjin, and the first bonded operating lease for sailboats have continuously created pioneering benchmarks in the industry.

In 2025, Tianjin Dongjiang has made new achievements in marine economic sectors including marine equipment and intelligent shipping services. Taking the Shipping Industry Week as a key platform, it will introduce resources from international shipping hubs including Hong Kong and fully leverage the well-known brand of financial leasing to provide important support for Dongjiang to achieve dual breakthroughs in industrial upgrading and opening up new development tracks.

Lian Maojun, Member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Tianjin Municipal Committee and Secretary of the CPC Binhai New Area Committee, Ni Wei, President of China Shipping Gazette, Wang Shifa, Director of Marine Department of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and Zhao Shiqing, Chairman of the Hong Kong Chamber of Shipping, delivered speeches successively at the opening ceremony.

Lian Maojun, Member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Tianjin Municipal Committee and Secretary of the CPC Binhai New Area Committee

Ni Wei, President of China Shipping Gazette

Wang Shifa, Director of Marine Department of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

Zhao Shiqing, Chairman of the Hong Kong Chamber of Shipping

On behalf of the organizers, Ni Wei, President of China Shipping Gazette, delivered an address. He stated that as an important gathering area for China's shipping industry, Tianjin Dongjiang has yielded remarkable results in the integrated development of shipping and finance. Close collaboration between financial institutions and shipping enterprises here has spawned a full array of innovative financial products and services, strongly driving the growth of the shipping sector. He looked forward to Dongjiang evolving into not only the birthplace and innovation hub of China's maritime financial policies, but also a global platform to voice and empower China's maritime finance industry.

 Li Cailiang, Party Secretary and Director of the Administrative Committee of Tianjin Dongjiang Comprehensive Bonded Zone

Li Cailiang, Party Secretary and Director of the Administrative Committee of Tianjin Dongjiang Comprehensive Bonded Zone, shared Dongjiang’s reflections and practices under the conference’s core theme. He noted that the development and opening-up of Binhai New Area and the national comprehensive reform pilot launched 15 years ago brought historic development opportunities to Dongjiang. June 11 marked a new industry milestone: the signing of the 1,000th leased vessel in Dongjiang, which reflects the outstanding competitiveness of Chinese-funded leasing companies in the global ship financing market. Yet the international landscape has undergone profound shifts. To cope with the changes, Dongjiang adopts three approaches to explore new opportunities amid transformation: first, continuously amplify the optimization effect of top-level design on the leasing institutional environment; second, drive the global expansion of the "capital + manufacturing" model via innovative practices; third, accelerate the construction of a full-cycle leasing industrial ecosystem. He stated that in the future, Dongjiang will strive for bolder policy breakthroughs, deeper facilitation reforms and more open international cooperation.

 Tang Li, Deputy Director in charge of daily work of the Financial Affairs Office of the CPC Tianjin Municipal Committee, Deputy Secretary in charge of daily work of the Working Committee for Financial Affairs of the CPC Tianjin Municipal Committee, and Director of Tianjin Local Financial Regulatory Bureau

Tang Li presided over the opening ceremony of the 5th China (Dongjiang) Shipping Industry Week.

Zhang Bao, President of ICBC Financial Leasing Co., Ltd.

During the subsequent plenary session, Zhang Bao delivered a keynote speech themed Jointly Build a New Global High Ground for Shipping Finance with Dongjiang.

Xu Xubo, Vice President of Tianjin Port (Group) Co., Ltd.

Xu Xubo delivered a speech titled Act on General Secretary’s Earnest Instructions, Leverage the Strengths and Role of Tianjin Port to Build a Key Strategic Pivot for Northern China to Connect Domestic and International Dual Circulation.

Kong Xiangge, President of Minsheng Financial Leasing Co., Ltd.

Kong Xiangge shared insights on Ship Financing in an Era of Transformation.

Huang Maosheng, Deputy General Manager of China Merchants Energy Shipping Co., Ltd.

Huang Maosheng delivered a speech themed Forge Ahead Together for a Renewed Future to Boost High-Quality Growth of China’s Shipping and Maritime Finance Sectors.

Li Gongliang, Deputy Party Secretary and Deputy Director of the Administrative Committee of Tianjin Dongjiang Comprehensive Bonded Zone

Li Gongliang presided over the plenary session.

A release ceremony for the list of 2025 Leading Enterprises in China’s Logistics ESG Practice was held on site.

Zhang Yanchao, Executive Deputy Editor-in-Chief of China Shipping Gazette, served as the releasing host. He explained that ESG stands for Environment, Social and Governance, which has become a globally recognized benchmark to evaluate enterprises’ sustainable and high-quality development. Guiding logistics companies to set standardized ESG targets, regularly publish ESG reports, and conduct ESG evaluation and authoritative third-party certification in line with international standards is a critical measure to promote the high-quality development of China’s logistics industry.

Zhang Yanchao, Executive Deputy Editor-in-Chief of China Shipping Gazette

China Shipping Gazette launched the selection campaign for the 2025 Leading Enterprises in China’s Logistics Practice back in May. Multiple enterprises committed to sustainable development submitted Sustainable Development Reports and Social Responsibility Reports. After review, the shortlisted companies include COSCO SHIPPING Holdings Co., Ltd., Hutchison Ports YANTIAN, Shandong Ocean Shipping Group Co., Ltd., Tianjin Port (Group) Co., Ltd., ICBC Financial Leasing Co., Ltd., Xiamen Port Holding Group Co., Ltd., COSCO SHIPPING Logistics & Supply Chain Co., Ltd., COSCO SHIPPING Ports Limited and CMA CGM.

 Ni Wei (first from right), President of China Shipping Gazette, presented honorary plaques to representatives of the 2025 Leading Enterprises in China’s Logistics ESG Practice.

Ni Wei, President of China Shipping Gazette, awarded certificates to representatives of the selected enterprises.

In the panel discussion segment, Liu Xin, Head of Marine Finance Department, ICBC Shipping Financial Leasing, served as the moderator. He exchanged views on hot industry topics with guests including Xu Wei, General Manager of the Shipping Business Department at BOC Financial Leasing; Yang Peng, Deputy General Manager of Shandong Huachen Financial Leasing; Xu Gang, Vice Chairman of Sumec Marine; Zhu Jiafeng, General Manager of the Shipping Subsidiary at AVIC International Leasing; and Lai Jianzheng, Vice Chairman and General Manager of Bohai Ocean (Hebei) Transportation, under the theme Ship Financing: Adapting to Evolving Markets, Supervision and Global Geopolitics.

This year’s Shipping Industry Week features a full lineup of activities: China Maritime Finance (Dongjiang) International Forum, China Shipping Finance Salon, China Maritime Finance Legal Seminar, Dongjiang Session of China Top 50 Shipping Elites Forum, China Shipping Industry Innovation Conference, special forum "Dongjiang Affairs Handled Locally", the 7th "Golden 60 Seconds" ISEA Cross-Port Business Cooperation Matchmaking Conference, as well as award ceremonies for Annual Port and Shipping Logistics Enterprises, Top 30 Innovation Cases and China Maritime Finance "Star-Tracking Award".

Teachers and students from Tianjin Binhai Vocational College provided volunteer services for the conference.