XIN20030401.0130.0001 NEWS Xinhua News Agency, Boston, March 31 (expected reporter Yang Zhi) Massachusetts Port Authority here on 31 March held activities to solemnly celebrate China Ocean Shipping (Group) Corporation "Zhen he round" aircraft first Boston Harbor anniversary. COSCO president Wei Jiafu, Massachusetts Port Authority secretary Chinese Consulate General in New York, Lyon deputy consul Huang Huikang, nearly 300 people attended the celebration ceremony. Lyon at the ceremony, far from Boston, Massachusetts, for the opening of routes as well as the New England region benefit from several other states. The opening of routes not only strengthen the New England region and the Asia trade relations, but also in Massachusetts and COSCO has brought a win-win situation. Wei Jiafu, in the past year Dui Zhongyuan and its partners have been very successful. Since opening route from Boston, the territory's import and export volume of goods grew by more than four times and two times. The ceremony, Massachusetts governor and the state Senate representative to Wei Jiafu issued a certificate of appreciation, Dui Zhongyuan group in Massachusetts, economic development and strengthening Sino-US economic and trade cooperation between the contributions made by. Should the demands of the United States, the COSCO Group Boston routes opened March 21 last year, the park every commercial vessels by Zhou Youyi the port. Beginning January this year, as far away as Boston and China Import and Export soon launched the air services. The COSCO Group is China's main international shipping industry to a large state-owned enterprise group. Its ocean shipping route around the world more than 170 countries and regions more than 1,200 ports.