2009 International Ports and Intermodal Transport Summit” will be held on 23rd to 24th November 2009 in Shanghai China. More than 200 senior attendees from government authorities, shipping companies, port groups, port authorities, railway operators, intermodal operators, port infrastructure companies, free trade zones, import and export processing zones, logistic base and industry equipment and solution vendors will participate “2009 International Ports and Intermodal Transport Summit”. The conference will focus on updated market and technology hot spot, explore new market opportunity and growth points and share advanced operation experience and technology of port and intermodal transport, with latest economic and logistic market situation. Furthermore, this conference will gather industrial professionals to discuss the actual challenges faced by port industry and intermodal transport industry as well as to research feasible solution.

• On 1st March 2009, state council of People’s Republic of China issued “The Restructuring and Revitalization Plan of China’s Logistics Industry”, in which intermodal transport and transit facilities projects are ranked firstly on the key project list, and implement public logistics information managing and exchange system emphasizing on E-port construction, integrated transportation information system, logistic cargo resource trading system and bulk commodities trading system.
• In 2003, Ministry of Railway of P.R. China established China Railway Container Transport Corp., Ltd.(CRCT), which is in charge of domestic and international business of railway container transport, container intermodal transport and international rail-rail transport.
• In 2007, CRCT and the other 7 domestic and international share holders established CRIntermodal Inc., which will invest 10.8 billion RMB to build 18 railway container terminals, 40 container handling stations near capital cities and ports, 100 container handling site.
• In 2009, state council of People’s Republic of China issued “Shanghai International Shipping Hub Construction Plan”, which plans and implement to improve integrated collection and distribution system of Shanghai, international hub port construction of Shanghai and Integrated modern maritime service system of Shanghai.
• On the background of national domestic demand expansion policy, Yan Tai municipal government will invest 2.284 billion to new construct 18 projects of ports and invest 3.37 billion RMB to new construct 3 projects of railway.
• On 20th February 2009, Su Zhou Municipal government of Jiang Su Province signed the “Cooperation Agreement of further promoting Tai Cang Port’s new construction ” with COSCO Group in Beijing. COSCO Group will invest 13 billion RMB to Tai Cang Port’s new construction project.
• According to preliminary statistics of Customs: In April 2009, Import and Export value of Chinese Free Trade Zones reached 8.32 billion USD(Export Value: 2.71 billion USD; Import Value: 5.61 billion USD). In April 2009,Import and Export value of Chinese Export Processing Zones reached 10.5 billion USD(Export Value:6.88 billion USD; Import Value 3.62 billion USD).