Qingdao Port of Shandong Port Group [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

The Qingdao branch of the Shanghai International Shipping Institute will engage in research and consultation work related to Qingdao Port and help Qingdao, especially Shinan district, develop a modern shipping service industry, according to local media reports on Nov 17.

The Shanghai International Shipping Institute has made extensive contact with international shipping organizations, enterprises, and universities, gathered top experts from home and abroad, set up an international shipping research platform, and mastered new concepts, new technologies, new trends and new systems related to the development of global shipping.

Zhang Yongfeng, the institute director, said that they had "set up the Qingdao branch to help Qingdao develop into a port city and develop the enterprise management department to provide decision-making support for the city's industrial upgrading".