The Second International Shipowner and Service Annual Meeting is set to kick off on August 19 in Dalian, a port city of Northeastern China's Liaoning Province.

More than three hundred guests will gather in this meeting, discussing the opportunities and challenges of the shipping industry in the post-crisis era.

The meeting in 2009 attracted over four hundred participators from twelve countries and regions including China, America, Japan, South Korea, Britain and Norway.