The inaugural Yangtze Mississippi Strategic Cooperation Forum will take place between 17 and 19 October in Chongqing.

The forum is the first high-level platform for dialogue between the US and China on issues concerning inland waterways transportation and economic development. It will provide a platform for government officials and industry executives to share experiences about the development of shipping, logistics and regional economic issues along the rivers, and exchange views on strategic cooperation. The three principal themes of the event are inland waterways transportation, river hinterland economic development and opportunities and preferential policies for foreign investors in inland China.

It will be jointly organised by the American Society of Transportation and Logistics (ASTL), the China Communications and Transportation Association, Chongqing municipal government, the Department of Water Transport under China’s Ministry of Transport, the Yangtze River Administration of Navigational Affairs under the Ministry of Transport, and the US Department of Transportation Maritime Administration.

For further information, please contact Sherry Liu at ASTL on +86 10 5820 6271 or email sherry@astl-china.org.