At 14:30 on December 29, SISI held the Press Conference on China Shipping Prosperity Index (CSPI) at the conference room on the third floor. Many Shanghai media participated in the conference. At the conference, SISI Secretary-General Prof. Zhen Hong explained CSPI to the reporters and unveiled related research results.

At the conference, SISI released for the first time four major indices, including China Shipping Prosperity Index (CSPI), China Shipping Confidence Index (CSFI), China Shipping Prosperity Alertness Index (CSAI) and China Shipping Prosperity Composite Index (CSCI), announcing an end to the lengthy stage of Chinese shipping industry without any prosperity monitoring and alert system. After the long-term tracking of any changes in the shipping market, and based on comparisons of researches and practical applications of the prosperity indices in China and foreign countries, SISI has established a set of prosperity monitoring index system that can reflect the actual development of China's shipping industry at multiple levels and from multiple perspectives. The system includes China Shipping Prosperity Index (CSPI), China Shipping Confidence Index (CSFI), China Shipping Prosperity Alertness Index (CSAI) and China Shipping Prosperity Composite Index (CSCI).