On November 6, the fourth "New Era Great Navigation Dream of a Strong Nation " Intelligent Shipping and Industry Development Summit was held in Shanghai Lingang Area. The summit was jointly guided by the China Institute of Navigation, the Maritime Bureau of the Ministry of Transport, the Water Transport Bureau of the Ministry of Transport, the Office of Shanghai Composite Port Management Committee, and the Shanghai Communications Administration, and jointly sponsored by the Administrative Committee of the New Port Area of China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone, the China Communications News, Shanghai Maritime University, and the Shanghai International Shipping Center Development Promotion Association.
He Jianzhong, President of China Institute of Navigation, said in his speech that we should deeply understand and grasp the time and trend of the development of intelligent shipping. The development of intelligent shipping is a concrete action to thoroughly implement the spirit of the 20th Party Congress and a strategic choice to grasp the new opportunity of the new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial reform. At present, in the key core technology of intelligent shipping, China is basically close to the international leading level in many aspects, but the foundation is not firm, and the factors that restrict the development, such as policies, regulations, standards and investment in research and development, infrastructure conditions, etc. are difficult problems that need to be solved urgently. We should conscientiously implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, seize the opportunity, set development goals, constantly improve weak lines, break through core technologies, and promote the development. New progress in intelligent ship manufacturing, technical specifications and standards, resource integration and innovation should be made to further create environmental conditions for the transformation of technological achievements, vigorously promote the marketization process of intelligent shipping development, and solidly promote the healthy and orderly development of intelligent shipping.
He Jianzhong pointed out that we should guide and foster a sound ecological environment for the development of intelligent shipping. First, we should adhere to the general requirements of theGuiding Opinions on the Development of Intelligent Shippingand theImplementation Opinions on Accelerating the Green and Intelligent Development of Inland Ships, make use of the existing central financial channels to support the research, development, application, industrialization and large-scale development of intelligent ships, optimize and improve insurance compensation policies, and accelerate the promotion and application of the first intelligent ships. Focusing on the development of regulations, standards and norms, we will accelerate the construction of an intelligent shipping governance system in order to constantly refine the mechanism and incentive policies and establish a good policy environment for the intelligent shipping. Second, we should improve the evaluation and transformation mechanism of intelligent shipping achievements. The evaluation orientation should be focused on the quality, performance and contribution to comprehensively and accurately reflect the innovation level of achievements, transformation and application effects and actual contributions to economic and social development. At the same time, give full play to the leading role of the market, strengthen the publicity, application and promotion of excellent achievements, and promote its transformation into a strong driving force for industrial development. Third, we should build a platform for multi-party exchanges and cooperation to create good ecology of collaborative innovation. The realization of intelligent shipping needs to be promoted in many ways and in long period. The Intelligent Shipping Summit is held to build a high-end and cutting-edge academic exchange platform, track academic hotspots, anticipate cutting-edge direction, gather majestic strength, and help China's intelligent shipping development to open a new chapter.
He Jianzhong stressed the need to continuously promote and enhance the development of intelligent shipping industry. First, we should further gather wisdom and research. We should adhere to the problem orientation and strengthen the cooperation among government, industry, university and research. The CIN will further give play to the advantages of the nautical think tank and the "navigation science and innovation" platform, aim at the cutting-edge scientific issues and major technical problems in the navigation field especially the problems in its industrialization. Experts in the navigation field should pool their wisdom to tackle key problems and build a collaborative innovation platform in order to break through key core technologies and strive to achieve self-reliance in high-level navigation science and technology. Second, we should strengthen the precise connection between the innovation resources of intelligent shipping technology and the real needs of the industry to build a new industrial chain of intelligent ships. Key enterprises, as the main body, should be encouraged to gather superior resources in upstream and downstream industrial chain such as R&D, design, construction, supporting and operation so as to establish industrial alliances, foster a collaborative innovation platform, promote the integration of the whole industrial chain and innovation chain, promote the research, development and the application of achievements transformation, and improve the efficiency of collaborative innovation. Third, we should deepen international exchanges and cooperation in intelligent shipping technology. The CIN has been committed to participating in the process of coordinated development through international exchanges and cooperation. The International Alliance for Port and Shipping Science and Technology under preparation and the World Maritime Science and Technology Conference to be held in Qingdao next year will focus on the development of intelligent shipping technology, respond to the new trend of green and low-carbon smart shipping development, build a global partnership for sustainable innovation through in-depth discussions and extensive cooperation, and continuously enhance the status and role of China in the development of smart shipping.
Zhao Yihuai, member of the Working Committee of Party and full-time deputy director of the Administrative Committee of the New Port Area of China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone, delivered a welcome speech, Li Tianbi, chief engineer of the Ministry of Transport and director of the Water Transport Bureau, and Lu Jing, deputy secretary of the Party Committee and president of Shanghai Maritime University, delivered a speech.
Xu Zuyuan, the director of the expert committee of the CIN and the former vice minister of the Ministry of Transport, said in the keynote speech that the digital transformation and upgrading of the shipping industry is an inevitable choice for the development in the new era, an inevitable requirement for accelerating the construction of a transportation power under the new development pattern, and also an inherent demand of the shipping industry for digital transformation and development. It is of great significance to accelerate the high-quality development of the shipping industry and boost the construction of a new pattern of double cycle development to meet the challenges of commercial ecologization and politicization, implementing the strategy of a strong shipping country. At present, the digital transformation and upgrading of the shipping industry are still confronted with challenges such as incomplete new digital business models, imperfect industrial digital systems and unbalanced and insufficient applications among different regions. In addition, the "fragmentation" digital industry hinders inter-platform integration and development, business environment and basic security needs to be improved. Xu Zuyuan suggested that we should make good system planning and top-level design, build and cultivate national and industrial key intelligent shipping digital platforms and typical industrial cases and actively foster a high-quality business environment to strengthen and guide the shipping digital standardization.
Zhang Baochen, executive vice chairman of the CIN, said in his keynote speech that to solve the problems faced by the application and demonstration of intelligent navigation technology, intelligent navigation ships should be allowed to navigate legally in the "Special Zone", and regulatory agencies and personnel should be relieved of responsibilities. Safety and equivalence should be the principle and commercial operation carried out by people on the remotely piloted ship (R1) should be allowed as soon as possible. We should unleash the value of intelligent navigation technology in aspects of safety, efficiency and enhancing professional attraction and encourage large state-owned shipping enterprises to take the lead in the application of autonomous and intelligent navigation technology.
Representatives from transportation management departments, maritime management organizations, port shipping, equipment manufacturing, ship inspection, communication and navigation, unmanned driving, artificial intelligence and other enterprises, scientific research institutes, industry associations and other units related to shipping industry chain have in-depth exchanges, and jointly provide advice for intelligent shipping industrialization.
During the summit, the Office of Shanghai Composite Port Management Committee, China Communications News, Shanghai Maritime University, and Shanghai Gangcheng Development (Group) Co., Ltd. held a signing ceremony for the strategic cooperation agreement on the permanent venue of the "New Era • Great Navigation • Dream of Strong Nation " Smart Shipping Summit. The four parties agreed to take the new port area as the permanent venue of the summit and conduct long-term cooperation based on the summit. The Office of Shanghai Composite Port Management Committee, China Communications News Agency and China Maritime Museum held a signing ceremony for strategic cooperation. Shanghai Gangcheng Development (Group) Co., Ltd. and Shanghai International Shipping Center Development Promotion Association held a signing ceremony for cooperation framework agreements. Shanghai Gangcheng Development (Group) Co., Ltd. also signed with 10 enterprises related to intelligent shipping.
(Figures and texts are provided by China Communications News)