Xinhua News Agency, Haikou, July 11 (Reporters Wang Cunfu, Ye Haoming) China has the world's largest merchant fleet, has built the world's largest group of world-class ports, and its international maritime volume accounts for nearly one-third of the global total. The total volume of its marine economy has continued to rise, injecting strong impetus into the sustained and stable development of global trade and economy.
This was the news that the reporter obtained on the 11th from the main forum of China Maritime Day 2025 and the launch ceremony of the Maritime Day activities.
July 11, 2025 marks the 21st China Maritime Day and also the implementation day of World Maritime Day in China. This year's China Maritime Day activities are themed "Green Navigation, Striving for New Achievements", featuring over 20 diverse events such as forums, seminars, and science popularization and cultural experiences. The main forum released the 2024 China Shipping Development Report, announced the list of safe and trustworthy shipping companies and vessels for 2025, the list of national model workers and advanced workers in the maritime field for 2025, and the list of winners of the 2024 China Institute of Navigation Science and Technology Progress Award and Technology Invention Award.
During the Maritime Day activities, various regions across the country held a rich array of themed events to further promote the new era's maritime spirit, carry forward maritime culture, enhance the maritime awareness of the entire population, and create a favorable atmosphere for accelerating the construction of a strong transportation and maritime nation.
At the launch ceremony, Liu Wei, Minister of Transport, stated that in the next step, China will continue to build a new green shipping ecosystem, accelerate the improvement of the green shipping policy system, perfect the carbon emission monitoring and accounting standards, promote the research and development of new power technology and equipment, improve the green energy refueling industrial chain, accelerate the large-scale application of new energy and clean energy ships, promote the construction of international green shipping corridors, and facilitate global shipping emission reduction.