Recently, Guo Rongjun, former Vice Mayor of Shenzhen and Honorary President of the Shenzhen Association of Enterprises with Foreign Investment, together with Executive President Guo Xiaohui and the delegation, visited YANTIAN, a vice-president unit of the Association. Guided by the principles of development, innovation, and collaboration, the two sides held in-depth discussions on key topics including Shenzhen–Hong Kong connectivity across domestic and international markets, port green transformation, and APEC China 2026, jointly exploring the evolving role and emerging opportunities of ports in advancing the high-quality development of Shenzhen's foreign trade.

Working together to optimise the business environment and advance high-quality port development

Lawrence Shum, Managing Director of Hutchison Ports YANTIAN, shared the company's more than three-decade journey toward building a green, intelligent, world-class hub port. He expressed sincere appreciation to Honorary President Guo Rongjun and other municipal leaders for their critical support in areas such as policy facilitation and transport planning, and thanked the Association for its indispensable role in foreign enterprise resource matchmaking, brand promotion, and continuous improvement of the business environment.

Executive President Guo Xiaohui noted that as a global shipping hub linking the Greater Bay Area with the world, YANTIAN plays a vital role in safeguarding the stability and resilience of industrial and supply chains through its highly efficient operations. She emphasised that the Association will continue to serve as a bridge and connector, supporting YANTIAN in market expansion and working closely with government bodies and enterprises to jointly promote the high-quality development of foreign trade.

Five consecutive years among Shenzhen's top ten tax contributors

At the 2025 Awards Ceremony for National (Shenzhen) Excellent Enterprises with Foreign Investment held last month, YANTIAN received three honours: 

🏅Shenzhen Top Ten Tax-Payment Enterprises, marking its fifth consecutive year on the list👍;
🏅Carbon Reduction Promotion Award, won for four consecutive years since the award's inception👍;
🏅Excellence Tax-Payment and Turnover Award, secured for the 15th time👍.

In addition, members of YANTIAN's management team were individually recognised🏅 with the Outstanding Leadership Award, Outstanding Contribution Award, and Innovation and Development Award, making the YANTIAN management team the sole entity in the industry to claim all three honours. These accolades not only affirm YANTIAN's achievements in building stable, efficient, and low-carbon logistics corridors and in fully leveraging its role as a hub connecting domestic and international markets, but also recognise its sustained contributions to strengthening Shenzhen–Hong Kong cooperation, advancing the integrated development of the Greater Bay Area, and supporting China's dual-carbon goals and the high-quality growth of international trade.

🏅Outstanding Leadership Award🏅
Lawrence Shum, Managing Director of Hutchison Ports YANTIAN

🏅Innovation and Development Award🏅
Jason Chan, Engineering & Port Development Director of Hutchison Ports YANTIAN

🏅Outstanding Contribution Award🏅
Neville Lam, Commercial Director of Commercial Department of Hutchison Ports YANTIAN

Looking ahead, YANTIAN will continue to work in close partnership with all stakeholders to further strengthen its world-class port hub functions in all dimensions. It will deepen Shenzhen–Hong Kong cooperation by advancing hard connectivity in infrastructure, soft connectivity in rules and mechanisms, and people-to-people connectivity across the industry. Through these efforts, YANTIAN will support Hong Kong in better integrating into and serving the national development strategy, help Shenzhen cultivate new strengths and achieve fresh breakthroughs in economic and social development, and contribute to the high-quality development of China's foreign trade and the realisation of the country's dual-carbon goals, while ensuring the smooth and resilient operation of global supply chains.