After Shanghai, they will call at a number of cities including Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Singapore, Mirissa in Sri Lanka, Mumbai in India, Alexandria in Egypt and Genoa in Italy, and bring their journey to an end in Monaco.

Well-known enterprises from Qingdao such as the Haier Group and Tsingtao Beer sponsored the event.

The yacht calls at the Huangpu River in Shanghai. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Edited by Mevlut Katik