Merlin Swire and Mr Ying Yong.John Swire & Sons (H.K.) Limited Chairman, Merlin Swire, attended the 31st annual International Business Leaders' Advisory Council for the Mayor of Shanghai in October. This year's theme was enhancing Shanghai's capacity and core competitiveness, and the company had submitted a paper recommending ways in which the city's two international airports can better serve the Yangtze River Delta region – particularly through improvements to their network connectivity.
Merlin also met separately with the Mayor of Shanghai, Mr Ying Yong, to discuss the group's businesses in Shanghai and Swire's plans for further expansion in the city.