【正文】 Chapter one China’s shipping: A Review of 20xx and a Preview of 20xx The year 20xx witnessed the rare high increase of cargo volume after years’ recession in China’s water transport under the favorable domestic and international environment. Both the cargo shipping volume and the port throughput rose tremendously. The increase surge of the port throughput hit the recent tenyear highs. The annual growth rate of the international container throughput of the main ports registered a surge of percent, maintaining an average annual growth of over 20 percent for 13 consecutive years. The supply being greater than the demand of carrying capacity has been greatly moderated. The freight rate has risen up largely and the cargo transport volume acplished by the main shipping enterprises has been increased in a large surge. The economic benefit of shipping enterprises has turned better evidently. The year 20xx is the first year of the tenth fiveyear plan in China. The national economy will still keep steady, rapid and healthy development. Under the macro background of China’s imminent accession to the WTO and the international trend of resource allocation, it is estimated that the increase of the GDP will still reach percent in 20xx and the import and export growth of foreign trade will be about 15 percent with the import higher than the export. A rough forecast of China’s shipping market in 20xx is offered here: China’s shipping will maintain a fairly high rate of development in various aspects on the basis of the year 20xx. Cargo volume, cargo turnover and port throughput will still be increased gradually. It is estimated that the coal export increase will reach over 15 percent, the iron ore import 10 percent, and the oil import a little more。 container port throughput will reach 28 million TEUs, with the annual growth rate of over 20 percent. In order to promote the healthy and steady development of China’s shipping industry, the petent authority in charge of transport under the State Council has put forward the guiding ideology and the general program for development of China’s shipping industry in accordance with the features of water transport development and the domestic and international situations that the water sectors are facing with since the reform and opening to the outside world, . to stick to Deng Xiaoping Theory and the basic routes of the Chinese Communist Party, to take the spirit of the Fifteenth National Congress and the Fifth Plenary Session of the Fifteenth National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party Congress as the guideline , to deepen the reform and expand the opening, and to speed up the adjustment of water transport structure. In order to adapt to the two basic changes of the economic system and economic increase mode and the demand of expanding the opening, it is quite necessary to build and perfect the orderly and petitive water transport market, further develop the fundamental role of the market to make reasonable exploitation of water transport resources and to promote steady, rapid and healthy development of water transport in China. Through twenty years’ efforts, China will make her shipping fleets petent in the international petition, build up a plete domestic shipping system capable o f coordinating and connecting with other transport modes, and form a reasonably structured and multifunctional port system suitable to the needs of the shipping industry so as to satisfy the essential requirements of the national economy, foreign trade and the safety of the country. In order to strengthen the administration over the shipping sectors in 20xx, the petent authority in charge of transport under the State Council will lay stress on the following eight major aspects: first, to study and formulate development strategy, program and industry policy for the water transport。 second, to improve further the water transport legislation system and law enforcement administration level。 third, to strengthen supervision so as to perfect the shipping market。 fourth, to quicken the pace of science and technology innovation so as to adjust and optimize the transport structure。 fifth, to deepen the reform of water transport management system。 sixth, to expand further the opening policy and improve the opening quality and level。 seventh, to strengthen safety supervision over water transport so as to ensure transport production safety。 eighth, to promote the construction of spiritual civilization and training of staff of the shipping enterprises. Regulating and rectifying the shipping market order is an important task in petent authority in charge of transport under the State Council will take great efforts to further break down department, sector monopoly and region blockade, improve market opening and transparency, carry out market access management, and exercise strict qualification control and dynamic management over the professional enterprises. In addition, the phenomenon of “three disorders” in waterway will be rectified and market supervision mechanism be established and perfected so as to encourage and support sufficient and orderly petition and to face new challenges after China’s accession to the WTO. Furthermore, the supervision of water transport construction market and control of accession to the water transport project construction market will be strengthened and legal person responsibility system, bidding system, construction supervision system and contract management system will be implemented. Meanwhile, punishment for surve y and construction panies against the relevant rules and regulations or for project of inferior design and bad quality shall be strengthened so as to ensure healthy and orderly operation of the shipping construction market. Box Shanghai Shipping Exchange Shangha