REVIEW & REPORT FOR
THE 9TH CHINA INTERNATIONALCRUISE SUMMIT (QINGDAO) 2021
QINGDAO, CHINA
26-27 JULY, 2021
SHANGRI-LA HOTEL QINGDAOOn July 26-27, 2021, The 9th China International Cruise
Summit (Qingdao) has been successfully held in Qingdao,
China. Supported by Qingdao Municipal People’s
Government, Shandong Port Group Co., Ltd, Cruise Lines
International Association (CLIA), Ministry of Culture andTourism of the PRC, hosted by Committee of Cruise
Industry of World Tourism Cities Federation, Qingdao
Municipal Bureau of Culture & Tourism, CCPIT Qingdao,
Qingdao Shibei District People’s Government, etc. on thesubject of “The Recovery and Innovation Development ofChina’s Cruise Industry Under the Dual Circulation”, thissummit brought together governmental authorities,
industry associations, cruise lines, city tourism authorities,
cruise ports, travel agencies, and other related cruiseindustry institutions etc., to jointly explore and discuss on
hot topics such as the impact of the pandemic on cruiseindustry, the future development trend of cruise tourism
in China after the pandemic, cruise safety measures,
restart cruise routes, restore market confidence etc..

also delivered a congratulatory speech to this summit
through a video message.

Mr. Pierfrancesco Vago, Global Chairman of Cruise Lines International Association delivered
congratulatory speech to the summit through a video message

12 cruise lines including Carnival Corp, Royal Caribbean
Cruises, Costa Cruises, MSC Cruises, Genting Hong Kong,
CSSC Carnival Cruises, Astro Ocean Cruises, Sanya Foresee
Cruises, Bohai Cruises, Blue Dream Cruises, Century
Cruises, Peace Boat gathered in Qingdao; Representatives
from Shanghai, Tianjin, Xiamen, Zhoushan and other cruise
ports and cities, as well as representatives from industry
associations, academics, experts and scholars, travel
agencies and other institutions gathered together;
Representatives from USA, Russia, Japan, South Korea andother countries and regions also spoke online throughvideo to talk about cruise safety and restart market after
the pandemic and other hot spots.

Mr. Zhu Peiji, Vice Mayor of Qingdao Municipal People’s Government delivered a speech at
the Opening Ceremony of the 9th China International Cruise Summit (Qingdao)

Mr. Zhu Peiji, Vice Mayor of Qingdao Municipal People's
Government; Mr. Li Baochun, Deputy Secretary General ofWorld Tourism Cities Federation and Member of Advisory
Committee of UNWTO; Mr. Zhang Xinzhu, District Mayor of
Qingdao Shibei District People’s Government and otherleading guests/authorities/industry peers attended theopening ceremony. Mr. Pierfrancesco Vago, Global
Chairman of Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA)
Conference venue of the 9th China International Cruise Summit (Qingdao)

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destination-less cruise routes in Hainan Province andChina Coastal routes, the Chinese cruise market is
expected to usher in a restart in the summer and autumnof this year.

CSSC Carnival delivered a speech for the 9th China International Cruise Summit (Qingdao)

It is reported the Opening Ceremony, Signing andUnveiling Ceremony, Keynote Speech and Cruise Leaders
Forum, Cruise Ports Cooperation Forum, Cruise Talents
Forum, Cruise Investment & Financing Forum, Cruise
Industry Association Forum have been held during thissummit. At the same time, a one-on-one supply-demandmatchmaking meeting for cruise talents has also been held.
The summit relied on Tencent online platform etc. forglobal broadcast live (on-line numbers up to 70,368). In
addition, on the afternoon of July 26, the 2nd General
Assembly of Committee of Cruise Industry of World
Tourism Cities Federation was held. The new vice chairmanof the council and council members were elected, and 10
new members joined the CCIWTCF.

Conference venue of the 9th China International Cruise Summit (Qingdao)

The China International Cruise Summit (Qingdao) has
been successfully held for nine sessions, witnessing thedevelopment of Qingdao and China's cruise industry fromthe golden period to the adjustment period, and thetremendous efforts made by various cruise operators
under the pandemic. It aims to reshape the confidence inthe development of the cruise tourism market after the
pandemic and help cruise tourism to recover quickly andwith high quality, and revitalization.
China International Cruise Summit has become thethree most influential cruise conference brands in China
and an important exchange and cooperation platform for
the Asian cruise industry. China International Cruise
Summit (Qingdao) provides an important opportunity for
multi-angle cooperation and win-win cooperation
between cruise industry units, provides an effective
channel for the integrated development of cruise tourism,
and also provides momentum and vitality for the healthyand sustainable development of the international cruiseindustry.

Conference venue of the 9th China International Cruise Summit (Qingdao)

Affected by the COVID-19, the cruise tourism industry
has been greatly impacted. At present, the epidemic
prevention and control in China have entered anormalization stage. The Chinese cruise industry will facechallenges such as market restart and confidence restore.
It will also usher in new opportunities for transformation
and upgrading after the recovery. The Ministry ofTransport of the PRC has clearly expressed its support for
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HIGHLIGHTS
Strengthen investment attraction for cruise and makesubstantial progress in cooperation with cruise lines
At this summit, Qingdao Shibei District People’s
Government, Qingdao International Cruise Port Services
Authority, Shandong Port Cruise Cultural Tourism Group
Co., Ltd., Astro Ocean International Cruise Co., Ltd. andSanya International Cruise Development Co., Ltd.
respectively signed a strategic cooperation memorandum.
The two major domestic cruise giants of central
enterprises will join hands with Qingdao to open cruise
homeport routes; Qingdao Municipal Transport Bureau,
Qingdao West Coast New Area Administration and RINA
Italy Classification Society (China) Co., Ltd have signed astrategic cooperation memorandum, and the 160-year-old
RINA is expected to settle in Qingdao within this year;
Qingdao Shibei Construction Investment Group, Zhoushan
Putuo Transportation Investment Development Group andShanghai Blue Dream International Cruise Co., Ltd. signed
an agreement on capital increase and share expansion,and Qingdao's first local cruise line will be born.

Security Bureau jointly contributed to the inauguration of"Shandong Peninsula Economic Circle Cruise Talent
Training Alliance" and “Shanghai Maritime University Asian
Cruise Academy Qingdao Branch”; Qingdao Vocational andTechnical College of Hotel Management and CSSC
Education & Technology Co.
signed a cooperationagreement at the summit and planned to launch a cruisetalent training project in Qingdao; In order to strengthen
the cooperation between cruise lines, colleges and related
institutions, The 5th China Advanced Seminar on Cruise
Management (Qingdao Station) and the one-on-one
supply-demand matchmaking meeting for cruise talents
were held at the same time at this summit.

Unveiling Ceremony for the Shandong Peninsula Economic Circle Cruise Talent Training AllianceSigning Ceremony at the 9th China International Cruise Summit (Qingdao)

Strengthen the training of cruise talents and provide
intellectual guarantee for the industry development
Cruise talent training is an important part of this year’s
summit. With the Qingdao Cruise Talent Training Baseestablished at the end of 2019, in order to realize theexchange of professional education and training
information and resource sharing of cruise related
professional, Five cities including Qingdao, Yantai, Weihai,
Weifang, and Rizhao jointly initiated the establishment of
the "Shandong Peninsula Economic Circle Cruise Talent
Training Alliance"; At the opening ceremony of the summit,
Qingdao International Cruise Port Services Authority,
Qingdao Shibei District People's Government, Qingdao
Education Bureau, Qingdao Human Resources and Social

Strive for the policy of “Cruise to Nowhere” routes andChina Coastal routes to quickly implement
The “Cruise to Nowhere” routes and the China Coastalroutes are important measures for the Chinese cruise
market to restart in the normalization stage of Chinese
epidemic prevention and control. It is understood that the"Zhao Shang Yi Dun" of China Merchants Viking Cruises
will be launched from August for the China Coastal routes.
And the “Cruise to Nowhere” routes will be launched in
September and October in Hainan with Chinese-funded
flag-of-convenience cruise ships. With the help of theplatform of China International Cruise Summit, the “Cruise
to Nowhere” route policy will be quickly implemented in
Qingdao and even other cruise home ports.

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Zhao Shang Yi Dun docked at Shenzhen Shekou Cruise Terminal

Ms. Charming docked at Sanya Phoenix Island International Cruise Terminal

Strengthen external publicity and promote thedevelopment of the entire industrial chain of the cruise
economyThis summit is the first offline cruise professional
conference in Asia this year in the post pandemic era. It is
the annual event of the Chinese cruise industry. A hugelineup of guests and industry leaders gathered.

The summit are promoting the development andconstruction of Qingdao cruise home port area, speedingup the construction of Qingdao International Shipping
Trade Finance Innovation Center and China Cruise Tourism
Development Experimental Zone, and promoting thedevelopment of the entire industrial chain of Qingdao
cruise economy.

On-site guests of the 9th China International Cruise Summit

On-site guests communicated with each other during the Coffee Break & Networking time

Other than cruise lines, senior executives of well-known
institutions such as CMB Financial Leasing, BDQ Financial
Leasing,
Equator Fund, RINA, V.Group etc.; and also
industry leaders from China Association of National
Shipbuilding Industry, China Ports & Harbors Association,
China Communications & Transportation Association,
Shanghai International Cruise Business Institute, ShanghaiServices Federation etc.; and representatives from
Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai University ofEngineering Science, Tianjin Maritime College, China
Ocean Shipping University etc. attended the summit to
discuss the recovery and innovative development of thecruise industry under the new situation after the
pandemic.

On-site guests communicated with each other at the sub-forum

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REVIEW FOR THE 2ND GENERALASSEMBLY OF COMMITTEE OF
CRUISE INDUSTRY OF WTCF
QINGDAO, CHINA
AFTERNOON 26 JULY, 2021
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125 members in total from31 countries and regionsin CCIWTCF by 2021 including:

17 cruise lines
9 cruise associations
21 cruise tourism cities
19 cruise ports & terminals
23 tour operators
13 cruise academies & humanresources companies

8 cruise manufacturing enterprises
15 other enterprises/institutes......
Since the establishment of CCIWTCF in 2016, the Secretariat received more than 150 membership applications from China,
United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Singapore, South Korea, Japan and other countries etc.. The applicants
for membership include cruise tourism cities, cruise ports & terminals, cruise lines, and tour operators, financial
institutions, cruise academies and research institutions, other cruise-related enterprises and institutions, etc. During theprevious year and this year of the pandemic, CCIWTCF also received applications from relevant institutions in China, Italy,
Japan, South Korea and other countries etc. A total of 10 new membership application including CSSC Carnival Cruises,
Astro Ocean Cruises, Sanya Foresee Cruises etc. were submitted for deliberation and approval at this meeting. And newVice Chairmen of the 2nd Council and new Council Members were also selected and approved during the General Assemblyof CCIWTCF on July 26th. The current number of registered members of CCIWTCF has reached 125.

Group photo of CCIWTCF Member Representatives (on-site guests)

Flag-giving ceremony for CCIWTCF Council Member Representatives (on-site guests)

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SPEECH SUMMARY OF THE 9TH CHINA
INTERNATIONAL CRUISE SUMMIT (QINGDAO)
Pierfrancesco Vago
Executive Chairman, MSC Cruises
CLIA Global Chairman“I’m pleased to be talking with you at the
9th annual China International Cruise
Summit at a time where our industry’s
ability to unite internationally is more
important than ever.” “The challenge weface to restore our industry to what he wasis huge, but our restart this year will be
underpinned
by
the
same
solid
foundation that is supporting our industry
is the revival around the world. ” “Together
CLIA and it’s cruise line members haveunited the global level to mount acomprehensive response to the pandemic.
One, that upholds the health and safety as
the highest priority, while at the same time
opening the path to recovery.”

Fotis Provatas
Chairman, Chamber of Greek-Chinese
Economic Cooperation
Former Deputy Mayor and Chairmanof Athens City Council“In 2021, Greece ranked first in the global
super yacht charter market with 23%
market share, followed by France (19%) and
Italy (17%). Despite the difficulties during
the pandemic, Greece is currently theworld's super yacht preferred destination. ““We are working to create an organization
called the Mediterranean Alliance, which
will include companies and institutions
from 23 countries in the Mediterranean topromote more tourism, trade, investment,
and cooperation with China and other
Asian countries.” “We warmly wish thecruise industry around the world overcome
the difficulties of pandemic and, under thevigorous leadership and coordination of
CCIWTCF, promote a new and vigorous
development of the cruise industry.”

Eero Makinen
Advisor to Meyer Werft“Meyer has three shipbuilding yards inGermany and Finland, predominantly
building large cruise vessels, our global
market share is approximately 25%,
Covid-19 certainly has had an impact in ouroperation,but there have been no contract
cancellations.” “The world today isexperiencing the reopening of cruising,
there are certainly still risks, but hopefully
we are today on a strong return of thebusiness. Asia is really quite a big part ofworld cruising, with China being in the lead
position as the volumes.” “Elevate China isa country where fight against Covid-19 has
been very effective. We hope to hear frompositive news from China in the very very
near future to facilitate a quick return backto full cruise operation.” “My heart
appreciates the role and work of CCIWTCF
and the contribution of the annual China
International Cruise Summit in Qingdao.”

Dr. Erwin F. Balane
Tourism Counselor - Beijing Office
Philippine Department of Tourism”Working with epidemiologist and healthadvisers, we have created a set of newhealth protocols in response to Covid-19
measures, that are among the mostextensive to be found anywhere in theworld, in tourism or any other industry.”“With our commitment to these measures,
CLIA and members are working to create to
renew confidence, revive operations andrestore the economic benefits of cruisestories in the community across the globe.”“As one of the world’s most dynamic
emerging cruise market, China will play aleading role in our revival.” “The long term
positive fundamentals of the global cruise
market have not been changed by the
pandemic.” “Despite some significant shortterm challenges, China remains animportant segment of the global cruise
market, and one of the most promising
growth markets in the world.” “We looking
forward to working with you further as we
strive to achieve the long term potential we
all see in China and in cruising around theworld.”“I believe that this summit will take the way
for the discussion of bigger and better
cooperation among the involved countries
for the ventral revival of the business of
cruise travelling. ” “China is one of the most
tourism market for the Philippines. In 2019,about 1.75 million Chinese travelers went
to the Philippines to spend holidays bycontributing about $2.23 billion in tourism
receipts.” “As this summit aims to say to set
its sails once again, the prospects of cruise
travelling remained bright and resilient as
ever.” “We are looking forward for theventure dropping of cruise anchors in ourcruise destinations and bring back thepassengers yearning to experience theworld of cruise travelling. ”

KIM Jong-kil
Vice President, Incheon Port Authority“For the development of world cruises, weare here to gather together. It is a pleasure
to meet with all the member organizationsof Committee of Cruise Industry of World
Tourism Cities Federation.” “Due to thepandemic, the cruise industry has
experienced an unprecedented shutdown
crisis. However, continuous efforts throughthe "Cruise to Nowhere" and the "Cruise
Ship Pandemic Prevention Agreement"
have proved the strong resilience of thecruise industry in order to welcome thecruise tourists come back again. Incheon
Port is also doing its best to improve thedocking environment of ships and increase
the satisfaction of tourists.”

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YOSHIOKA Tatsuya
Founder & Director of Peace Boat
“China is currently the largest cruise market
in Asia. I very much hope to work hand inhand with you here to create a larger cruise
market.” “There is a saying in Japan that"crisis is timing", that is, opportunities andsuccesses are often born in crises. I have no
doubts about this, especially now that thecruise industry is facing a special period.
We must seize this opportunity tightly. To
achieve greater success, international
cooperation is the general trend. In short, I
hope we can work together to create amore vibrant cruise industry in Asia.”
LI Baochun
Deputy Secretary General of WTCF
Member,Advisory Committee, UNWTO“Representing WTCF - World Tourism Cities
Federation, welcomes all representatives toattend this summit, and sincerely expresses
heartfelt thanks for the contributions madeby the CCIWTCF in Qingdao! World Tourism
Cities Federation is a global city-based
international organization, so far ourmembers have covered 78 countries,
including 153 city members, 79 institutional
members, and 6 sub-committees: Experts
Committee, Committee of Cruise Industry,
Committee of Investment, Committee ofMedia Organizations, Committee ofTourism Related Business, and Committeeof Civil Aviation.”ZHU Peiji
Vice Mayor, City of Qingdao“Chinese cruise market is expected to usher
in new opportunities during the summer
and autumn of this year. We firmly believethat under the guidance of General
Secretary Xi Jinping’s important instructions,the long-term positive development trendof China’s economy will not change, andthe huge potential and consumer demandof the cruise market will not change.” “We
are eagerly looking forward to taking thissummit as an opportunity to have in-depth
exchanges with industry experts anddeepen cooperation. We sincerely welcome
more cruise lines and industry leaders tobring more resources, share development
opportunities, and create together for thedevelopment of Qingdao and China’s cruise
tourism.”
LI Zhipeng
Deputy General Manager
Shandong Port Group (Qingdao Port)“Shandong has 3,345 kilometers ofcoastline and many natural harbors. It has
unique conditions for the development of
the cruise and cultural tourism industry.” “Itwas clearly proposed in the 14th Five-Year
Plan of Shandong Province that was justreleased to deepen the efficient integrationof transportation and tourism, to create
Qingdao and Yantai as home ports, and tocreate Rizhao and Weiha as the ports of callfor cruise ships. Shandong Port is bound tohave a lot to do in the development of the
new cruise cultural and tourism industry.”
WANG Yanguo
Deputy General Manager
CSSC Cruise Technology Development“The
post-pandemic
recoveryanddevelopment of the cruise industry requires
cross-industry integration and developmentin multiple fields, exchanges andcooperation between world tourism cities,
the participation of cruise lines, cruise
ports, travel agencies and other relatedindustries, and the attention of the media
and all sectors of society. Qingdao Cruise
Summit witnessing the development ofChina’s cruise tourism. We look forward to
the cooperation and integration of cruise
tourism as a link by various cruise-related
departments to continuously improve
internationalization of cruise port cities,
and to promote the healthy recovery of thecruise industry and tourism industry.”“China's political momentum for thedevelopment of the cruise industry is still
stable.” “China's industrial foundation is still
very strong. In terms of shipbuilding, weare already the world's largest shipbuilding
country. From the supply chain, China has arelatively complete industrial system. Fromthe market demand,our tourist base is avery large foundation, and the GDP of
average per capital reaches more than
10,000 US dollars. In addition, from thetourism market, China is already theworld's largest tourism market. Despite theimpact of pandemic, China’s cruise industry
still has a bright future.” “But, relying on
cruise tourism alone to drive thedevelopment of China’s cruise industry is

no longer suitable for the current
development situation. We must consider
the future development of China’s cruiseindustry from the development of cruise
ecosystems.”“At present, we are the largest
Chinese-funded cruise ship fleet in China.
We currently have two cruise ships. We
have placed orders for two new cruise ships,
135,500 gt, which are being built at
Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipyard. China's first
domestically produced large-scale luxury
cruise ship, progressing very smoothly andwill be delivered in September 2023 . And
the second ship will be delivered at the endof 2025, so by 2025 our CSSC will have acruise fleet of 4 cruise ships. Before 2029, 4
new cruise ships will be completed anddelivered one by one, CSSC will build a
Chinese-funded cruise ship fleet consistingof 8 large cruise ships by 2029.”“During the pandemic from 2020, China’s
cruise industry has actually undergone very
important changes. We have already about
5-6 Chinese local cruise lines that aredeveloping
recentlyvia
purchasing
second-hand cruise ships. However,regarding cruising, whether it is foreign
capital, domestic capital, state-owned
enterprises, or local enterprises, we hopethat everyone will come together to warm
up and develop together, especially during
the pandemic period.” “Cruise At Sea(Cruise to Nowhere) proposed by Chinese
Government will launch soon in Hainan,
and it’s hoped that it will be promoted to
Shanghai and other home ports in China, so
that, China Cruises will on the basis ofexisting eight or nine cruise ships, will
jointly promote the development of China's
cruise industry.”

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XIE Xie
Chief Researcher of Cruise
China Waterborne Transport ResearchInstitute, Ministry of Transport of P.R.C.
“China's cruise industry needs high-quality
development.”“With a population of 1.4
billion as the base, the penetration rate of
the Chinese cruise market is 0.18%, which
seems to be a 20-fold increase inpenetration compared to 3.8% in the
United States. However, based on thenumber of people who can afford cruises,
the penetration rate of China's cruise
market is 0.88%, which is several times thegap compared to the United States. This is
the direction of our efforts.” “According toour calculations, by 2035, China’s cruise
market will reach 9 million passengers, andthere is still much room for growth in the
future.”“Chinese and foreign cruise brands willdevelop together, the Chinese market must
be a more open market in the future.”“Space expansion, including the all-rounddevelopment of international, coastal andinland rivers. International routes are
expanding north to south. In the coastal
area, China Merchants Viking Cruises has
now begun the China Coastal cruise route.”“Safety and green are the bottom line. We
must take it as our first priority in the cruiseindustry to meet the sustainable
development goals and to meet therelevant requirements of the government.”
ZENG Bowei
Secretary General
China Leisure Association“From the perspective of tourism market,
we can see that the short-term situation isvery severe. From the previous forecasts of
the World Tourism Organization, probably
most people will think that the entire
tourism industry can only recover in 2023
or 2024. From China, the situation may bebetter. My own estimate is that around2022, the market of China’s tourism
industry may return to the level of 2019.”“China is expected to enter the ranks ofhigh-income countries in 2025. Our per
capital GDP has exceeded US$10,000. Thisis actually a very remarkable achievement.
By 2035, China may become a moderately
developed country. Such a fast-growing
economy is accompanied by more andmore money of ordinary people, so theprospect of consumption is very worth
looking forward to.”
“The market demand is still strong. In the
Yangtze River Cruises, the three gorges
cruise route in 2021 shows that it hasbasically recovered to the level of the same
period in 2019. During the same period, thenumber of whole Chinese river cruise
tourists has recovered to 77% of 2019.
After the safety of the cruise ship isreleased, the speed of recovery may befaster than that of ordinary tourism, which
gives us strong confidence.” “the booking
of Ctrip’s chartered Yangtze River Cruises
soon sold out in June. The Chinese people’s
love for cruise products still exists. As longas we have the conditions, the cruise
tourism market will rebound rapidly.”“China Coastal cruises are a way to explore,
as well as the inter-island cruises in China
with all cruise lines in the very near future.”
Bernie Ye
Senior Vice President
Costa Cruise Asia
“15 years ago, Costa Allegra firstly came to
China as a pioneer in the entire cruiseindustry, and also created the first cruise
route with mainland China as its home port.
Since then, international cruise lines havediscovered the great market.” “As so far,
Costa Cruises has carried more than 4.85
million tourists throughout Asia. We haveconducted 2,184 voyages throughout Asia,
visited more than 40 countries and regions,and stationed in 26 home ports, and a totalof 129 port of calls in Asia.”“In 2022, we will bring our Costa Venice toNorth China market. At present, Costa
Cruises has resumed four ships in Europe,and recently opened a transnational
international route.” “We are fully prepared
for the future cruise resumption in China.
Just now many colleagues mentioned thatthe good news of the cruise resumption in
Shenzhen and Hainan, I believe that the
opening of international cruise routes, isjust around the corner. Costa Cruises will
also be with you. Work together to bringthe experiences back to consumers andpeers as soon as possible.”

YONG Hu
Vice President, Government Affairs
China, MSC Group“As an industry practitioner, China’s cruise
market has developed from its infancy tothe second largest market in the world
within 10+ years, I feel that the entire
industry in China, whether you are here or
the whole industry peers, has made great
efforts.” “It should be said that the past
year has been a very challenging anddifficult period for China’s cruise market
and the world, our Chairman alsomentioned in the video message at theOpening Ceremony that the entire
pandemic is a crisis and a challenge for thecruise industry, but it is also an opportunity,
and it has never slowed down thedevelopment of our entire cruise industry.”“With the resumption of the Middle Eastand North American markets imminent, thetotal number of cruise ships of MSC toresume throughout the summer of 2021
will reach 11.””MSC Cruises is the firstcruise line among international cruise lines
to introduce health and safety regulations
for the COVID-19, and it is also the firstcruise line to resume services.” “We lookforward to the arrival of MSC Virtuosa and
MSC Bellissima in China next year in 2022
to provide Chinese customers with better
services.”

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Senior Vice President
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difficult times, so that all our old and new
friends can gather here. We should applaud
for all the peers who have been still in thecruise business after an 18-month pause.”“It has been 18 months since our cruise
ship pressed the pause button at the end ofJanuary last year. During this time, CSSC
Carnival has always been in action. We havenever stopped what we should do, whether
it is cooperation with the tourism industry
or the government. The process of healthprotection and detailed communication as
well as some appeals to the government
are in progress, so these are actually ourefforts for the restart of the cruise ship thisyear.” “Currently, the CSSC Carnival cruise
fleet consists of two cruise ships, theAtlantic and the Mediterranean. At thesame time, 2 new 135,500-ton Vista-classcruise ships are being built in SWS.”“Now our biggest goal is to promote theCruise to Nowhere policy. CSSC Carnival
Atlantica will follow soon in the near future
after Sanya and Haikou could achieve initial
results for the Cruise to Nowhere route”“After the rapid development of cruise
ships in 2018-2019, it has reached an
inflection point in China. The load factor isdeclining and the capacity is also declining.
At this time, the Chinese-funded enterprise
led by CSSC Carnival has entered the entire
Chinese market. At present, we see there
are 6 Chinese-funded enterprises and 7
ships are already ready, so we may havealready occupied half in terms of capacity
in China.”
MA Jiajun
Vice President
Genting Cruise Lines“Genting Cruises is a cruise company
rooted in Asia, and it has gradually resumed
cruising in Asia.” “Genting Cruise Lines was
the first in the industry to have guidelines
for maritime pandemic prevention. We
launched a port hopping tour in Taiwan
from July 26th last year. In November of thesame year, the resumption of voyages
without a destination was carried out in
Singapore. On July 30th, the resumption ofvoyages in Hong Kong will start theresumption.” “At present, our newest cruise
ship MV Global Dream with 208,000 tons isin the final assembly stage at its own
shipyard in Germany. If it can resume
sailing safely next year with the support of
relevant government authorities, ports andetc., it will arrive in Shanghai and Tianjin in
China next year.”

GUO Tao
Executive Deputy General Manager
Astro Ocean Cruise“Astro Ocean Cruise is a cruise line jointly
established by China National Tourism
Group and China Ocean Shipping Group.
MV Piano Land purchased in 2018 andbegan its maiden voyage in Xiamen in 2019.
On January 29, 2020, due to the impact of
the Covid-19, MV Piano Land began tosuspend its sailing. It has been 18 months,
and it has experienced a very painful andvery long period of time.” “On September
23, 2020, Astro Ocean Cruise obtained thefirst permit for the Cruise to Nowhereroutes in Hainan province. And we aremaking every effort to advance thepreparations for the cruise to nowhere
project.” “At present, Astro Ocean Cruise
has formulated a normalized prevention
and control plan and emergency responseplan, and we have obtained the ChinaClassification
Society's
pandemic
prevention safety additional symbol.”

YUAN Ping
Vice President
Sanya Foresee Cruises“Although we are happily looking forward
to our destinationless cruise routes(Cruise
to Nowhere) in Sanya or Haikou, the biggest
pressure we face is the challenge of 6-7
ships launching this route in Sanya at thesame time. As a new Chinese cruise line,
how do we continue to develop as a newteam, new brand, and new product?”“Cruise to Nowhere,fFrankly speaking, as a
new product to enter the Chinese market,
there are huge challenges.” “We hope tocreate a theme park of our maritime Silk
Road culture, allowing consumers to enjoy
a sea holiday in the joy and interaction withthe favorite flash and on-the-go experiencein the cultural and travel integration
process.”XU Ying
Executive Vice President
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“Blue Dream was established in 2016 andpurchased the current 25,000-ton Blue
Dream Star cruise ship in April 2020 lastyear. After buying it, we spent a whole year
and 100 million refurbishing and decorating
this ship, hoping to build a five-star national
cruise ship.” “Before signing ceremony
today, Blue Dream Cruises is awholly-owned subsidiary of Fujian Guohang
Ocean Shipping(Group). Just now, theguests have seen that there was athree-party signing ceremony on capitalincrease and share expansion: Shanghai
Blue
Dream, Qingdao Construction
Investment
andZhoushanTrading.
Currently, Shanghai Blue Dream Cruises
belonging to a mixed-reform enterprise inwhich the three parties jointly participate in
the shareholding,” “Foreign cruise lines,
whether before or after the epidemic, havecontributed to the entire Chinese cruiseindustry as an indispensable contribution. I
was so touched when Costa released thevideo, because I myself joined Costa in2007 with all activities are done by me for 8
years. Next, I joined Royal Caribbean, If
there is no foreign cruise lines to cultivate
China's cruise talents, where do we comefrom? We often don't have talents in thecompany. Are there really no talents? There
are talents, but there are no talents to train
them, so we must send the applause to all
foreign cruise lines. Thank you.”GAO Yanhui
General Manager
Shanghai Wusongkou Cruise PortAs the largest cruise home port in China,
the 18-month empty period of Shanghai
Wusongkou International Cruise Terminal isreally difficult. Cruise companies arereporting monthly losses, and cruise
terminals will also have losses because
there is no income from the main business.
“In 2020, a total of 7 non-operating cruise
ships were successfully received, and a
total of 778 crew changes were completed,and 580 board materials were supplied toachieve "zero input, zero output, and zero
infection."Taking the gap, we invested 140
million yuan to completely renovate theterminal buildings.” “The port pandemic
prevention and control plan has beenrevised with the continuous changes of thepandemic situation. The N+ version has
been revised, from the version 1.0 toversion 10.0. There is a bit of trouble at thetop, and the port's prevention and control
needs to be upgraded.” “During the periodof pandemic, we paid close attention, just9

like cruise lines, for the common mission of
our industry, pay attention to each other,and make preparations.”

HUANG Yubin
Chairman
Xiamen Intenational Cruise Home Port
“The berth renovation project for the homeport of Xiamen has been completed, which
can receive the world’s largest 220,000-ton
cruise ship and meet the berthing of 3-4
medium and large cruise ships at the sametime.” “Piano Land docked at the Xiamen
International Cruise Center from April lastyear, and XIamen Cruise Port, it has always
been the home port of Piano Land.” “At
present, 100% of the crew of Piano Land in
the home port of Xiamen has been
vaccinated.” “We are now improving
facilities and equipment in the port area,building a cruise industry chain, andpreparing for the resumption of cruising.”

DAI Ming
General Manager
Tianjin International Cruise Home Port
“Just now Chairman Wang (moderator)
from China Ports & Harbors Association
introduced that Tianjin is the special, it is
the only terminal operating in China thatuses cargo to support passenger
transportation.” “It was originally expected
to receive more than 130 cruise ships in
2021, and it is expected to receive morethan 800,000 cruise passengers. However,with the pandemic, all businesses in one
year were shut down, and 800,000
person-times caused a huge loss to theterminal, basically nearly 100 million inrevenue loss.” “We actively reported to thegovernment the loss of 18 months of port
closure, hoping to get the government's
support.” ”In terms of the construction ofshore power facilities, our terminal havecompleted the official full-line power
supply at the end of 2020, complete theheavy load test in February 2021, obtain
the inspection report, and obtain theclassification society certification in May.
We are currently own the largest shore
power supply facility in Asia. ”“At present, The first five-star flag cruise
ship has been put into operation, andChinese terminals should jointly researchand develop some new routes for domestic
coastal cruises, forming a dual-cycle
development model for international
cruises and future domestic coastal
cruises.” “We suggest that the international
cruise lines should have confidence in the
future in the face of the current situation.
As terminals concerned, all are customers.
We welcome Chinese cruise ships and alsointernational cruise ships to resume assoon as possible.”
WANG Tao
President
Qingdao Cruise Home Port
“The pandemic is not only a crisis but also
an opportunity. The change of our cruiseindustry in China is an accelerated process.
The pandemic is relatively difficult, but you
can see the rapid emergence of Chinese
cruise ships and the emergence of five-star
red flag cruise ships, which will be launchedin August. Originally, we said that
Chinese-funded cruise ships are aquantitative change, it may bring a second
five-star red flag cruise ship and a third
five-star red flag. The rapid emergence of
cruise ships, this speed is beyond ourimagination, we may soon become a big
market that cannot be ignored among theinternational
cruisemarket.”“Our
diversified operating income from duty-freebusiness and red tourism business etc. hascontributed to the increase in the incomeof the entire Qingdao Port in the first halfof this year compared with the same period
last year.”“We also call on interested companies toparticipate in the development of
Shandong coastal wonderland tours andprojects. Shandong Port Cruise Cultural
Tourism Group is also willing to work witheveryone to develop this market.”

WU Dacun
Chairman
Zhoushan Archipelago Cruise Port“As for the cruise industry, the document of
normalization of Chinese cruises has been
issued by the Ministry of Transport PRC on
May 20, 2021. It provides good reference
and work reference for the cruise industry's
pandemic prevention work. Therefore,
cruise reopening has a certain feasibility
and provides good policy conditions for therecovery of Chinese cruise tourism.” “InMarch of this year, Zhoushan Cruise Port
was formally wholly-owned by Zhoushan
Putuo Trading Group who starting withcruise port enterprises, testing cruise lines,
and accelerating its entry into the cruiseindustry chain. Blue Dream Star currently
anchored at Zhoushan Port.” “Under thecondition of ensuring full safety, we willhold cruise open day activities, organizeand promote the trial implementation of
cruise sightseeing, cruise experience, andcruise hotel etc..”

Jeff Bent
Managing Director
Worldwide Cruise Terminals“Under the premise that the local epidemic
situation is under control in Hong Kong, theGenting Dream will start sailing at the endof July, and the Spectrum of the Seas will
also resume its voyage in Hong Kong. The
conditions for the resumption of voyage
depend on testing and social distancing on
board.” “I hope that the cruise industry will
recover soon after the pandemic, andeveryone will return to normal operations.”
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Nagornyi V.A
CEO , Vladivostok Sea Terminal“During last year and 6 months of this year
some exemptions have been made whichallow foreigners from some countries which
Russian government has got mutual
agreements with to enter to Russia. And
this list of countries is constantly widening.
But enter is allowed only through airports.
Important aspect is that there is no need of
14-days quarantine, only PCR-test isrequired.” “We and our colleagues from
Russian cruise industry have been making a
lot of efforts to include passenger seaports
in the list of checkpoint foreigners fromallowed countries can enter to Russia
through. Once it will happen we will advice
cruise lines and our colleagues from cruise
ports of neighboring countries about it. ”“I hope that barriers restricting smooth
movement of travelers will be lifted soonand mutually agreements between ourcountries for touristic flows will beapproached in near future. And we will see
resuming of international cruises that again
will allow people of our countries to travelto neighboring ones by such comfortabletransport as cruise ships and to enrichthemselves by culture, history, nature, etcof their neighbors."

Mitsuo Yamamoto
Director general
WAVE Japan Cruise Research Institute

Wonshik Park
Sokcho Port
Gangwon Tourism Organization“As a long-term plan for the hub port in the
Pan East China Sea region, we have planned
three different routes from Sokcho.” “ThePeace Routes, when our relationship with
North Korea is getting better and better,
and when the UN economic sanctions havebeen lifted, then we plan to make a voyage
called a Port Call at North Korea, such as
Wonsan.” “As for our coastal route in Korea.
We are currently looking for operators to
do this business and call at different Koreancruise ports.”

Hideyuki Takahashi
Osaka Ports and Harbors Bureau“Japan’s three cruise brands have back in
cruising since last November and Venus
Cruise ship has resumed her operation at
our port. Shortly after the year 2021,
Japan’s three cruise brands have been
forced to suspend their operations due tothe spread of COVID-19, they are expected
to resume in the end of July.” “Currently,
the Japanese government is working on
guidelines for the resumption ofinternational cruises. Once the guidelines
are taken effect, we will implement specificcountermeasures
for
COVID-19
inaccordance with the guidelines at our
port.” “At the 8th summit last year, weannounced that the project was scheduled
to be completed in spring of 2023, but due
to the impact of COVID-19, the project has
been delayed by one year behind schedule.
It will complete in March 2024. The newterminal, which is about 6,400 square
meters, twice the size of the current
terminal.” “Moreover, we have started
upgrading Tempozan pier. Once the wharf
would be extended in March 2022,
220,000-ton class ship such as “Wonder of
the Seas” could berth at our port.”“Regarding expected resumption procedure
in Japan. As I just mentioned, only Japanese
cruise are be allowed to resume cruise ship
operations for Japanese right now in Japan.
Later, foreign cruise ship will be allowed todepart from and arrive in Japan, but will
also only for Japanese passengers, andneed to consider the pandemic situation.
Next, foreign cruise ship calling at Japan will
be gradually recovered, including the cruise
ships departing from China. We hope thecruise activities will recover soon.”
Bok Soon Leem
President
Korea International Cruise Institute“After Feb., 2020, Korean cruise industry
stopped by Covid-19 with serious
damage. ””All Korean look forward to morenormal this summer” “Korean cruiseindustry needs special attention andsupport from the government ” “We needto establish the Covid-19 quarantine
protocol system with nearby countries.”“Hope to see the day when the cruise ship
resumes sailing soon.”

Lim Young Cheol
ChairmanJeju Cruise Industry Association“It welcomed a record high 1.2 million
travelers with 507 cruise ship entries at
Jeju’s ports in 2016. Since then, the number
has dwindled and currently no ships are
visiting destinations in Jeju. - Though it isstill in the discussion stage, Jeju has been
discussing with major cruise lines for thepilot operation of technical calls to Jeju
ports.We hope that this pilot operation
becomes successful and can be expanded
to other Northeast Asian ports eventuallyleading to the normal operation of cruises
next year.”“To speed up the industry’s efforts, weneed to meet more frequently and discuss
joint actions and efforts with moreinternational conferences just as we aredoing today.”© CHINA INTERNATIONAL CRUISE SUMMIT (QINGDAO)
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Other distinguished guests from sub forums
also delivered speeches regarding hot
issues of cruise industry all around theworld for a full day’s discussion, networking,innovation, and education. As space islimited, much of this speech summary areat a high level without delving into details.
And only some of wonderful speeches ofsome speakers are selected, hope to getenlightenment and inspiration for the
resumption of cruising, especially at thisspecial time.
Really appreciate all the support from allindustry peers worldwide. Looking forward
to see you and cooperative with you again
for the 10th China International Cruise
Summit (Qingdao) in 2022. Cruising again
for a better future.
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