"Currently, the global shipping industry is facing both opportunities and challenges, with green, low-carbon, digital transformation, and intelligent development becoming the latest trends. It is hoped that the CCS UAE Committee will continue to leverage its strengths to promote the development of green shipping and intelligent shipping, and make greater contributions to the shipping sector between China, the UAE, and the Middle East region," he said.

The CCS is affiliated with China's Ministry of Transport. It is a ships classification society that began in 1956 as a nonprofit body in China that performed classification surveys, certification surveys and notarial surveys of ships and maritime entities, including offshore installations, containers, and related industrial products, both at home and abroad.

Since it was founded, the CCS has been dedicated to building strong partnerships across the shipping, shipbuilding, finance, and insurance sectors, according to Zhao Yan, CCS vice-president.

During the event, the CCS UAE Committee appointed Salah Sharaf Al Hashmi as its new chairman.