| The State has taken it as national strategy to upgrade Shanghai to be an international shipping center. Over one decade, Shanghai has achieved much on fundermental infrastructure construction and been on the toppest international ports for handling capacity. However, with the approaches as mentioned, the shipping and financial services have been obviously legged out which has been one of key factors impeding the advance of shipping center constructuion strategy. Lujiazui, known as the financial trade center in shanghai, make it possible to be shipping center for its superiority on finance and other professional services.This essay analyzed the necessity for Lujiazui to be modern shipping center. Firstly, to be shipping center matches the development strategy of Shanghai. Secondly, to be shipping center may improve the service business in Shanghai and push the transition of regional ecnomic structure to service-based economy in Pudong District. Lastly, the strategy may upgrade the CBD of Lujiazui Finalcial Trade Zone. We also found possibility of upgrading Lujiazui to be shipping center as follows. We are enjoying the most favorable opportunity of shipping service business throughout the whole nation. The strategy of building shanghai to be international shipping center and depending the comprehensive reforming Pudong administrative system offers favorable policy environment. Over decades, Pudong has built up to be modern service center, which has been supporting the further development of modern shipping service for Lujiazui Financial Trade Zone. Furthermore, the basic infrastructure and software construction in Lujiazui guarantee the further development of the strategy.We have listed many fundamental superiorities to build up Lujiazui as international shipping center, including shipping finance, organizations, shipping and logistics corporations, shipping management and certifications, marine techniques and education organizations, marine study and consultants, shipping supplementary business, and other auxiliary business. As while, Lujiazui should pay more attention to its weak points, including lacking of high value-added business, insufficient supportive system of shipping center, laking of soft power of offering services. In order to overcome these problems, we should take practical policy advice into consideration, such as supplying more practical construction plan and policies, offering more attractive huam resources recruitment policy and deepening the organizational reforming.Based on analysis above, Lujiazui make its strategy clear that to build the Financial Trade Zone to be international shipping center should be the most important work for government to congregate the high value-added business to match the construction of Yangshan Port, North GaoQiao Free Trade Zone and North Bund of Hongkou District. To meet the requirements of building international shipping center, we should speed up to work out the detailed plan of Lujiazui Assemble Service Zone and announce supplementary policy to support further construction. We should make full use of superiority in financial business to upgrade the shipping finance. At the same time, we should strengthen recruiting more talents by global absorbing and training.Shipping and finance benefit each other. To construct Lujiazui to be international shipping center is the key step for shanghai to be an international shipping center as well as to be supplementary part for shanghai international financial center and Lujiazui financial town construction. |
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