On September 9, 2021, China COSCO Shipping Group and the government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region signed the "14th Five-Year Plan" strategic cooperation agreement in Nanning. Lu Xinshe, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Autonomous Region and Director of the Standing Committee of the People’s Congress of the Autonomous Region, and Lantian Li, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the Autonomous Region and Chairman of the Autonomous Region, respectively met with the Chairman of China COSCO Shipping Group who came to attend the 18th China-ASEAN Expo and the China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit , Party Secretary Xu Lirong, Lan Lan Li witnessed the signing.

Luxinshe and Lantianli thank China COSCO Shipping Group for its long-term strong support for Guangxi’s economic and social development, saying that Guangxi has always kept in mind General Secretary Xi Jinping’s ardent entrustment, adheres to open development, and regards the high-level co-construction of a new land-sea channel in the west as a matter of overall development. As a traction project, accelerating the construction of the Beibu Gulf international gateway port and the international hub seaport is the top priority for advancing the construction of new land-sea passages in the west, continue to promote the construction of large-capacity port berths and major channel project infrastructure, and strive to transform location advantages into development advantages . Guangxi will continue to create a first-class business environment, provide the best services, and vigorously support China COSCO Shipping Group's investment and development in Guangxi. It is hoped that the two parties will advance the implementation one by one in accordance with the signed cooperation agreement to achieve mutual benefit, win-win and common development.

Xu Lirong said that China COSCO Shipping Group is very optimistic about its investment and development prospects in Guangxi, actively participates in the construction of new land-sea corridors in the west, and continues to increase resource input in route networks, ports, logistics and warehousing, sea-rail combined transportation, shipping finance, etc., and join hands with all parties. Accelerate the construction of the Beibu Gulf international gateway port to better help Guangxi build a new pattern of all-round open development.

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Huang Xiaowen, deputy general manager and party member of COSCO SHIPPING Group, participated in the above activities and signed the agreement on behalf of the group. Heads of the Group's Administrative Affairs Division, Strategy and Corporate Management Division, Operation Management Division, and COSCO Shipping Lines participated in the above activities. Editor/Xing Wentao