Shanghai Port remained the world’s
busiest container port for the 14th consecutive year in 2023, totaling
49.158 million TEUs,
according to a press conference in Shanghai.
Shanghai
is accelerating its role as international economic, financial, trade, shipping
and scientific innovation centers to achieve a high-quality development, said
Gong Zheng, its mayor.
Shanghai
has attracted 1,771 licensed financial institutions, of which 548 were
foreign-owned. The total international trade volume of
goods at Shanghai ports hit 10.7 trillion yuan, accounting for 3.6 percent of
the global total and maintaining first place among all cities.