China International Port Development Forum
(Drafted Program)
August 8, 2013
Suifenhe, Heilongjiang, China
Strengthening Port Cooperation, Advancing Trade Development
08:30-09:30
Registration
09:30-10:00
Opening Ceremony
-Moderator: Zhang Wei, Vice Chair, China Council for the Promotion
of International Trade & China Chamber of International Commerce
Welcome Address
-Wan Jifei, Chair, China Council for the Promotion of International
Trade & China Chamber of International Commerce
-Lu Hao, Governor, Heilongjiang Provincial People’s Government
-Leader of China National Port Administration Office
10:00-11:50
Keynote Speech
-Official from World Customs Organization
-Anthony Barone, Chair, ICC Commission on Customs and Trade
Facilitation
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-Representative from Russian port authority
-Representative from Japanese port authority or Embassy of Japan in
Beijing
- Representative from Korean port authority or Embassy of Korea in
Beijing
-Vice Governor from Russia’s states or Leader from Ministry for
Development of Russian Far East
-Official from Department of International Cooperation, General
Administration of Customs, P. R. C
-Official from Department of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Commerce, P.
R. C
-Official from General Administration of Quality Supervision,
Inspection and Quarantine, P. R. C
-Official from Heilongjiang Provincial Port Administration Office
12:00-13:30
Buffet Lunch
13:30-15:30
Sub-forum I: Joint Cooperation and Development on Combined
Sea & Land Freight Transportation between China, Russia, Japan
and Korea
It will discuss the feasibility, necessity and concrete cooperation models
of combined sea & land freight transportation along the line from
Suifenhe, Vladivostok, to neighboring coastal cities in Japan and Korea.
It is aimed at strengthening the role of Suifenhe as the hub of sea &
land transportation and enhancing concerted coordination between
international ports in Northeast Asia, thus accelerating economic
growth in Northeast Asia.
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13:30-14:30
Keynote Speech
-Relevant Expert
-Official from Department of Road Transportation, Ministry of
Transport, P. R.C
-Official from Federal Customs Service, Russia
-Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Japan
-Ministry of Construction and Transportation, Korea
14:30-15:30
Panel Discussion: Current Conditions of Grand Land & Sea Routes
in Northeast Asia and Birth of New Combined Land & Sea Freight
Transportation Route
Moderator: Heilongjiang or Suifenhe Transport Authority
Panelists:
-Official from Suifenhe port authority
-Official from Vladivostok port authority
-Representative from Japan’s port cities
-Representative from Korea’s port cities
-Representative from Russia’s port cities
-Representative from Japanese External Trade Organization
-Representative from Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency
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-Representative from Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry
-Representative from Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the
Russian Federation
-Representative from Association for the Promotion of International
Trade, Japan
-Representative from Japan-China Economic Relations and Trade
Center
15:30-15:45
Coffee Break
15:45-17:30
Sub-forum II: Sino-Russian Port Cooperation
It will focus mainly on analyzing hottest and tricky issues on
Sino-Russian border trade, exchange ideas on port building &
development information panning, resolve the existing issues in
bilateral port operational management, and gradually establish regular
consultation mechanism on bilateral port development.
15:45-16:30
Keynote Speech
-Official from Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian
Federation
-Konstantin L. Toporkov, Chief Representative, Federal Customs
Service; Counsellor, Embassy of the Russia Federation in China
-Trade Representation of the Russian Federation in China
-Official from Department of Fixed Assets Investment or Northeastern
Region
Revitalization,
National
Commission, P. R. C
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Development
and
Reform
-Vice Chair, China Association of Port-of-Entry
16:30-17:30
Panel Discussion:
Port Building Modernization and Port Economic Development
Moderator: Heilongjiang Provincial Port Administration Office
Panelists
-Representative from Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the
Russian Federation
-Sergey Tsyplakov, Head of Trade Representation of the Russian
Federation in China
-Representative from China Association of Port-of-Entry
-Representative from port cities in Heilongjiang
-Representative from Russian port cities
-Representative from Chinese General Chamber of Commerce in
Russia
17:30-17:45
Passage of Suifenhe Declaration
Read by Zhang Wei, Vice Chair, China Council for the Promotion of
International Trade & China Chamber of International Commerce
18:00
Buffet Supper
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