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EVERY TWO YEARS, ‘CHINA TIME’ HAMBURG BRINGS CHINA
.■ SOMEWHAT CLOSER TO THE
HAMBURG AND CHINA ■
HANSEATIC CITY
Twinned cities Shanghai and Hamburg – Gateways to the world
Hamburg and Shanghai have been twinned in a city partnership since 1986. For China, the Hanseatic city is the Gateway to Europe – and Hamburg is seen as the ideal bridgehead to China. Germany’s and China’s second largest cities are in close contact, further reinforced since 2004 by a port partnership.
Hamburg and Shanghai have been twinned in a city partnership since 1986. For China, the Hanseatic city is the Gateway to Europe – and Hamburg is seen as the ideal bridgehead to China. Germany’s and China’s sec- ond largest cities are in close contact, further rein- forced since 2004 by a port partnership.
Having progressed since its foundation as a fishing village into a booming world metropolis, Shanghai is a multi-fac- etted port city. Shanghai is seen as powering moderniza- tion for the whole country. Apart from its central location in one of China’s most fertile and thickly populated areas, Shanghai has its link with an extensive inland waterway network to thank for its rapidly acquired importance as a trading centre. With a population of over 23 million, Shanghai is now China’s second largest city.
In Shanghai, the point of contact for the economic ex- change between the partner cities is the Hamburg Li- aison Office China (HLO). This is jointly backed by the Senate Chancellery of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Hamburg Marketing, Hamburg Invest, Ham- burg Tourism, the Chamber of Commerce and Port of Hamburg Marketing.
PORT PARTNERSHIP SHENZHEN – HAMBURG
The Southern Chinese port of Shenzhen has been linked with Hamburg in a port partnership since July 2007. Shen- zhen lies in the Pearl River Delta in Guangdong province, some 60 kilometres NE of Macao and directly on the bor- der with the Chinese Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong. The port contains several of the world’s most modern container terminals, for example Yantian, Shekou, Chiwan and Da Chan Bay. In Shenzhen the partnership is supported and cultivated by Port of Hamburg Marketing’s Representative Office in Hong Kong.
STRATEGIC PORT ALLIANCES WITH OTHER PORTS
Since 2013 the Port of Hamburg has aimed to further improve relations through strategic cooperation agreements with additional rapidly growing Chinese mainland ports:
• Tianjin
• Ningbo-Zhoushan
• Qingdao
• Guangzhou
All these port alliances will further expand and deepen through mutual visits and cooperation at the operative level between port authorities. Over the years, a regu- lar exchange and fine cooperation has developed be- tween the ports. Bilateral agreements cover various topics embracing fields of cooperation such as mar- kets and customers, or market conditions at the oppo- site end of the supply chain concerned. These ports cooperate on various projects, exchanging staff and knowhow.
LINKED IN CHAINPORT
chainPORT is an informal supra-state partnership between leading worldwide ports initiated by Ham- burg Port Authority along with the Port of Los Ange- les. In working groups, members exchange knowl- edge, innovations and applications, along with the promotion of strategic topics on digitalization. The aim is to learn from one another and to create inno- vation. The Port of Hamburg is also networked to China via the chainPORT network, for example with the world’s largest cargo handler, SIPG in Shanghai, as well as with Shenzhen Municipal Transport Com- mission, among other concerns. ■
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