Shanghai municipal government issued a Service Industry "15th Five-Year" plan
prioritizing transport and shipping hub upgrades and policy support for shipping
services. Key measures: complete Shanghai East Station and develop "aviation+"
multimodal links; enhance Pudong and Hongqiao business-route networks; expand
international container and air-freight platforms and smart-waterway
infrastructure; accelerate shipping digitalisation and logistics-chain
applications. The plan seeks to bolster Shanghai's shipping-insurance operations
centre, support shipping finance leasing, develop foreign-related maritime
temporary arbitration and a specialised maritime appraisal centre, and attract
international and national shipping organisations. It also fast-tracks a
green-shipping transition by building international green-fuel bunkering and
trading centres, advancing ship energy-efficiency services and green shipping
R&D, participating in China’s international sustainable-fuel certification
framework, and co-developing green shipping corridors with foreign ports.
