June 30, Bank of China and Lianyungang Port Group signed strategic cooperation agreement in Beijing . Both sides will conduct cooperation in many fields with the total amount of 10 billion such as cash management, direct financing, investment bank, insurance, credit and loan,etc.

The total throughput of Lianyungang Port has broken 0.2 billion tons for the first time, which ranked 16 around Chinese ports. The container throughput has reached 548 TEU and ranked 25 around the world. It also has 55 berths and maintains trade transportation with more than 170 countries.