According to the announcement issued by Shenzhen Port Group in Shanghai Clearing House, the name change is to 'polish the name card of Shenzhen Port, enhance the brand effect and market competitiveness, better serve the construction of Shenzhen as a global maritime center city and a logistics center with global influence, and implement the 'One Belt, One Road', the strong transportation country, the construction of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Greater Bay Area, etc. It will better serve the construction of Shenzhen's global maritime center and logistics center with global importance and influence, and implement important national strategies such as 'One Belt and One Road', strong transportation, and the construction of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Bay Area.
The name change was approved by the Shenzhen State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (Shenzhen SASAC) and approved by the State Administration of Market Supervision and Administration.
In addition, the Shenzhen Port Group's board members and articles of association have also been changed simultaneously.
It is understood that Shenzhen Port Group was established in 1985, is a port investment, construction and operation, port logistics and comprehensive support services as the main industry group, wholly owned by the Shenzhen State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission.
In 2022, Shenzhen Port Group's revenue was 5.3 billion yuan, total profit was 1.8 billion yuan, and total assets reached 55.2 billion yuan. Its local port container throughput in Shenzhen, to achieve 16.313 million TEU.
At present, Shenzhen Port Group is implementing the 'port, industry, city' integrated development strategy.
In addition to the port and shipping industry, the group also focus on logistics, marine, energy, industrial city development, industrial finance and other five aspects of extended business. At the same time, also in the Dachan Bay area to build marine industry gathering area, the introduction of marine electronic information, marine biology and other blue economy business.
In recent years, Shenzhen attaches great importance to the development of the marine industry.
According to Shenzhen's marine development plan (2022-2035), by 2025, Shenzhen should be initially built into an international shipping center and a highland of strategic emerging marine industries, and by 2035, it should be built into a global marine center city with competitiveness, innovation and influence.
Shenzhen will start from the four aspects of marine economy, marine science and technology, ecological culture and foreign cooperation, and Shenzhen Port Group is a major player among the Shenzhen state-owned assets system.
In 2022, Shenzhen Port Group proposed in the development target program (2022-2025) to be the main force and vital force in building a global marine center city in Shenzhen, and to become an integrated service provider of marine economy with outstanding global influence.
In February 2023, Hu Chaoyang, chairman of Shenzhen Port Group, said that he would make efforts in four aspects: first-class equipment, first-class technology, first-class management and first-class service to build a smart and green first-class port.
At present, Shenzhen Port Group is building additional container terminal berths in Yantian Port East Port Area, Dachan Bay Port Area Phase II and Shenshan Xiaomei International Logistics Port, respectively, all with a design capacity of 3 million TEU.