Zhen Hong, Ph.D in Management, is entitled to a special subsidy provided by the State Council of China. He is the General Secretary of Shanghai International Shipping Institute, and a doctoral supervisor and professor at Shanghai Maritime University. As an expert on Shanghai’s development into an international shipping center, Mr. Zhen headed quite a few related projects in recent years, including Research on the Strategy to Develop Top Shipping Talents in Shanghai, Research Report on Promoting the Development of Shipping Intermediary Service, Long-term Strategy and Implementation Plan of Shipping Center Related Service Trade Market Access in China, Research on Shanghai’s Policy on Local Landlord Ports and Customs Convenience Measures for Goods within Boundary, Research on the Connotation and Pattern of Knowledge-Based Development of Shanghai as an International Shipping Center. His role is crucial in Shanghai Municipal Urban and Rural Construction and Transportation Commission (competent authority in charge of Shanghai’s development as a global shipping center)’s efforts to compile the Twelfth Five-Year Plan of Shanghai as an International Shipping Center. Research on Optimizing the Promotion Mechanism and Resources Integration of Shanghai’s Development into an International Shipping Center, a report on which he worked as the head of the project group, won the second prize in the Seventh Shanghai Municipal Decision Consultation Research Findings Appraisal.