The 5th World Oil Merchants Conference opened in Zhoushan on August 31. With the theme of “Discussing Oil and Gas, Sharing Opportunities, and Seeking Common Development,” this conference brought together well-known companies, well-known experts, and authoritative institutions in the whole global oil and gas industry chain to jointly discuss the oil and gas industry “offline and online” and strive to inject strong momentum into the transformation and innovation of the global oil and gas industry in the future. Governor Wang Hao attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech.

Ke Liangdong, Vice President of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, and relevant officials from the Ministry of Commerce, General Administration of Customs, and China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation delivered speeches at the opening ceremony. Lu Shan presided over this meeting.

On behalf of the Zhejiang Provincial Committee of the CPC and the People’s Government of Zhejiang Province, Wang Hao first welcomed the guests and expressed his gratitude to the leaders, entrepreneurs, and people from all walks of life who have long cared about and supported Zhejiang’s economic and social development. He pointed out that energy cooperation is an important part of global economic and trade cooperation. Since the first World Oil Merchants Conference was held in 2017, Zhejiang has focused on the construction of “one center, three bases, and one demonstration zone,” including an international oil and gas trading center, an international green petrochemical base, an international oil and gas storage and transportation base, an international maritime service base, and an international demonstration zone for cross-border trade in bulk commodities, attracting and cultivating nearly 10,000 oil and gas enterprises, fully promoting the construction of a number of major oil and gas storage and transportation projects, accelerating the creation of the entire oil and gas industry chain, actively integrating into the new global oil and gas pattern, and creating a different development path.

Wang Hao pointed out that the glorious mission entrusted by the Party Central Committee to Zhejiang for high-quality development and the construction of a demonstration zone for common prosperity has brought unprecedented opportunities for Zhejiang’s reform and development, as well as the open development and industrial upgrading of oil and gas cooperation. And new opportunities for market demand. Only by embracing the world can we embrace tomorrow; only by working together can we achieve steady progress. Zhejiang is willing to work with you to continue to promote the liberalization and facilitation of trade and investment, accelerate the planning and promotion of multiple major platforms, major industries, and major projects, continue to deepen cooperation in the fields of oil and gas storage and transportation, processing, and services, and promote the development of the entire oil and gas industry chain. New and greater contributions to the development of the global oil and gas industry and energy economy.

On the 31st, Wang Hao took a boat to Liuheng Island in Putuo District, and Jintang Island and Cezi Island in Dinghai District to inspect the construction progress of the Liuheng Bridge Project, the Xiaoguoju Reclamation Block Project, the Yongzhou Railway Project, and the Jintang New Material Project. He emphasized that major projects and good projects are scarce resources and an important support for stabilizing the economic market. Governments at all levels must resolutely implement the decisions and deployments of the central and provincial Party committees, seize the policy “window period” to focus on implementing a number of major infrastructure and industrial projects that lay the foundation and work in the long run, earnestly focus on the three links of quality, safety, and progress, and allow the projects to be completed as soon as possible to achieve benefits and provide strong support for the steady progress and quality of the province’s economy. It is necessary to do a good job in the overall planning of island development, utilization, and protection, strengthen planning guidance, plan and layout with advanced vision and first-class standards, be down-to-earth and work hard, and strive to draw a beautiful blueprint for the construction of a powerful marine province.