Recently, Wu Chao, Deputy Party Secretary, Vice Chairman, and General Manager of Guangzhou Port Group, led a delegation to Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, to attend the 10th Maritime Silk Road Port Cooperation Forum 2026 and visit Zhejiang Provincial Seaport Investment & Operation Group Co., Ltd. The two sides held in-depth exchanges on deepening port-shipping coordination, expanding route cooperation, and advancing smart port construction. Sun Bangcheng, Deputy General Manager of Guangzhou Port Co., Ltd., and heads of relevant departments took part in the visit.

 

Wu Chao and his delegation held working discussions with Zhu Miao, Deputy Party Secretary, Director, and General Manager of Zhejiang Seaport Group; Jiang Tao, Deputy General Manager; and Teng Yahui, Director and Deputy General Manager of the listed arm, among others.

 

Both sides gave an overview of their respective port production and operations, major project construction, and future development plans, and exchanged views on issues of mutual interest, including domestic trade route layout, foreign trade route expansion, multimodal transport system development, and digital technology application. The two sides agreed that Guangzhou Port and Zhejiang Seaport Group enjoy a solid foundation and broad scope for cooperation. They will further strengthen strategic coordination, deepen collaboration in areas such as digital-intelligence empowerment, integrated logistics, and route network development, actively explore new cooperation models, and jointly build efficient and seamless logistics corridors.

 

Wu Chao led the delegation to attend the 2026 Maritime Silk Road Port & Shipping High-Level Roundtable, where he was invited to deliver a keynote speech.

 

The roundtable featured the release of multiple authoritative industry reports, indices, and innovation platforms, as well as the official release of the Action Declaration of the 2026 Maritime Silk Road Port & Shipping High-Level Roundtable — "Resilient Synergy, Win-Win Future: Forging a New Journey Toward a Port & Shipping Community with a Shared Future." The Declaration calls on the port and shipping industry to seize the opportunities of green transition and digital-intelligence empowerment, to shoulder the responsibility of stabilizing supply chains and promoting global economic recovery, and to take joint action in four areas: strengthening collective risk resilience, deepening full-chain synergy, accelerating green transition, and upholding win-win cooperation.

 

At the roundtable, Wu Chao endorsed the action directions set out in the Action Declaration. He noted that, amid a complex and volatile global economic and trade landscape, building a resilient and synergistic port and shipping supply chain system is of critical importance. Grounded in its core hub responsibilities, Guangzhou Port Group has made dedicated efforts and achieved phased results in enhancing hub capacity, building end-to-end logistics systems, and developing green and smart port areas.

 

Drawing on industry realities and the Action Declaration, Wu Chao put forward a series of proposals. He called on the port industry to strengthen top-level design, promote regulatory harmonization, and build a healthy and sustainable end-to-end logistics supply chain ecosystem; to accelerate data interconnectivity and the unification of data standards, and to establish unified, standardized data interfaces and information-sharing mechanisms so as to foster an open digital ecosystem; and to enhance coordination among coastal ports, expand the scope of coastal cabotage policies, optimize logistics routes, and reduce logistics costs. He stated that Guangzhou Port stands ready to work with Zhejiang Seaport Group and other port and shipping enterprises to jointly advance the high-quality development of port and shipping logistics.

 

During the visit, Wu Chao led the delegation on on-site research at the Chuanshan Port Area of Ningbo Zhoushan Port and the Zhoushan Yongzhou Container Terminal, and visited business clients.

 

This visit and exchange have laid a solid foundation for deepening cooperation between the two parties across multiple fields. Guangzhou Port Group will actively implement the consensus reached, continue to strengthen coordinated engagement with coastal ports, serve high-quality Belt and Road cooperation, and contribute port strength to facilitating the domestic-international dual circulation.(Text | Tan Hao & Chen Deze)