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SHENZHEN, July 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- China Merchants Bonded Logistics Co. Ltd. (CMBL, a subsidiary of China Merchants Group, CMG) and DHL jointly opened of the DHL Qianhaiwan Integrated Logistics Centre (QHW ILC) located at the Qianhaiwan Bonded Port.
The ceremony held on July 18 commenced with a short meeting between Fu Yu-Ning, Chairman of CMG; Li Jian Hong, President of CMG, Yu Liming, Vice President of CMG; Hu Jianhua, Assistant President of CMG; Yu Shixin, General Manager of CMBL; Dr. Frank Appel, CEO, Deutsche Post DHL and the DHL Global Forwarding management team, including Kelvin Leung, CEO, Asia Pacific; Edward Hui, Managing Director, Hong Kong, Macau and South China; and Timothy Cheng, General Manager, Shenzhen at Shenzhen Wuzhou Guest House. In their conversations, both parties expressed their future expectations for the project. Officials from the Shenzhen municipal government, led by Mayor Xu Qin and Vice Mayor Zhang Wen, hosted a lunch which was attended by all representatives from both parties. In the afternoon, Yu Liming and Frank Appel led the representatives from CMG Western Shenzhen region and DHL Shenzhen area along with other guests to launch the DHL QHW ILC. The opening of the facility marks a significant milestone in the strategic collaboration between CMG and DHL, and an important step for Qianhaiwan's development.
Frank Appel, CEO, Deutsche Post DHL, said at today's launch ceremony, "The opening of the Qianhaiwan Integrated Logistics Centre marks an expansion of DHL's logistics service capabilities, representing a concrete manifestation of our ambition to be a provider of choice by making our customers' lives easier. We believe Qianhai is a strategic area of rapid expansion in logistics and it will be an engine of modern development. It's our great pleasure to extend our strong strategic partnership with China Merchants Group in this project and together drive for success in future development."
Vice Mayor of Shenzhen Municipal Government Zhang Wen praised the project, saying: "Self-innovation is the soul and life of Shenzhen and the core driver for the logistics industry to transform and move to the next level. In the complicated and rapidly changing social and economic environment, Shenzhen will follow the strategies set by the provincial government, seize the chance provided by the special economic zone innovation development to immediately maintain steady yet sustainable growth. In the long run, we must prioritize to speed up transformation, and implement structural and diversified policies to attract more resources in various areas including self-innovation, transformation enhancement, low carbon development and social construction; as well as to achieve steady quality growth and sustainable development."
Fu Yu-Ning, President of CMG, expressed his gratitude for the support and meticulous care from the Shenzhen Government. In his thank you remarks to Frank Appel, Dr. Fu further explained to the honorable guests the strategic significance of innovation for DHL and CMG. He said: "Innovation is the magic weapon of CMG leading to the group's century-old success and is central to our development strategy for the next 10 years. CMG will enhance the strategic partnership with DHL and expand its investment on the development of Qianhai, which plays a vital role in the construction and operation of the Qianhaiwan Bonded Port as well as advancing Hong Kong-Shenzhen service industry development."
The Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone is a designated independent zone with preferential business policies. Its mission is to develop innovative physical mechanisms to modernize the service sector, consolidate the development of a modern service industry, pioneer cooperation between Hong Kong and mainland China, guide the enhancement of sectors in the Pearl River Delta Region, and showcase the innovative cooperation between the modern service industries in Guangdong and Hong Kong.
Shenzhen Qianhaiwan bonded zone has a historic pioneering mission. Currently operated by China Merchants Group, the bonded zone possesses the highest level of customs surveillance in China. Capitalizing on the dual benefits of convenient geographical location and preferential policies, DHL commenced operations here in 2008. Nurtured through mutual cooperation and steady hard work for more than three years, the project has gradually developed from its initial single-business model to today's parallel up-and-coming operations through land and marine connections, offering Hong Kong speedy services, multinational consolidation and global reach on the solid foundation of two core business models, and achieving over 300% annual compound growth.
A strategic cooperation agreement and a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on projects related to port operations, warehousing and logistics and the development of mainland markets was signed between CMG and DHL on 24 March 2009. The new QHW ILC is the first pilot cooperation project at the Shenzhen Qianhai bonded zone CMBL and DHL. The project combines CMG's expertise in asset-heavy investment, bonded port operations and management with DHL's established role in logistics and advanced customer service capabilities. DHL QHW ILC is an important pillar of DHL's global logistics strategy, operating as DHL's regional shipping hub and distribution centre in southern China.
The establishment of the DHL QHW ILC is intended to further promote cooperation between CMG and DHL and to set a solid foundation for the level and scope of strategic cooperation between the two parties. Based on mutual trust established through previous cooperation and an optimistic perspective on the region's business development, CMG and DHL will continue to expand their scope of cooperation in mainland China and overseas emerging markets in land transportation, medical logistics, chemical logistics, industrial logistics and cold chain logistics. It is expected that other successful cooperative projects will emerge in other cities in China and overseas emerging markets, to further realize complementary advantages and win-win strategy of CMG and DHL working together.
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DHL Qianhaiwan Integrated Logistics Centre
DHL Qianghaiwan Integrated Logistics Centre is the first pilot cooperation project at the Shenzhen Qianhai bonded zone between the China Merchants Bonded Logistics Co. Ltd. (a subsidiary of CMG) and DHL. Located at the no. 6 warehouse in the Qianhai Shenzhen–Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone, the centre occupies a total of 71,000 square meters. The project combines CMG's expertise in asset-heavy investment, bonded port operations and management with DHL's established role in logistics and advanced customer service capabilities. DHL QHW ILC is an important pillar of DHL's global logistics strategy, operating as DHL's regional shipping hub and distribution centre in southern China.
