According to China’s Ministry of Transport, the newly introduced “Initiative for International Cooperation on Green Shipping Corridor” sets a comprehensive agenda to advance decarbonisation in global maritime operations. The announcement emerged at the 2025 North Bund Forum in Shanghai, underscoring China’s ambition to contribute to a safer, more efficient and greener shipping ecosystem.
The initiative outlines seven major measures aimed at driving the transformation of the maritime sector. These include expanding green shipping corridors in phases, accelerating development of green and low-carbon vessels, creating near-zero-carbon ports, strengthening green fuel supply capacity, fostering collaboration between government and market players, promoting the sharing of best practices, and supporting innovation.
Notably, one of the early cooperative achievements highlighted at the Forum is the establishment of a green shipping corridor between the Port of Qingdao in eastern China and the Port of Hamburg in Germany—an example of bilateral implementation of the measures.
The announcement also reminds stakeholders that China has repeatedly ranked at the top globally for maritime connectivity, and currently maintains bilateral or multilateral maritime agreements with 70 countries and regions.
In terms of infrastructure readiness, major Chinese ports—including Shanghai and Ningbo-Zhoushan—are accelerating development of green fuel supply facilities, signalling practical steps taken to turn strategy into tangible capacity.
State Council of China
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Source: State Council of China
