Guests pose for a photo in front of China"s second domestically built large cruise ship, Adora Flora City, before its departure from Shanghai on Saturday for a 12-day sea trial. The vessel can accommodate up to 5,232 passengers and is scheduled for delivery in November 2026. YIN LIQIN/CHINA NEWS SERVICE

　　As Shanghai moves from scale expansion to capacity enhancement in building an international shipping center during the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-30) period, demand for talent with cross-disciplinary expertise is rising, according to experts.

　　The port of Shanghai, the world"s largest container port for 16 consecutive years, handled 55.06 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) throughout 2025, and is targeting an annual container throughput of 58 million TEUs during the 15th Five-Year Plan period, Chu Beiping, president of Shanghai Maritime University, said at the Shanghai International Shipping Center Capacity Enhancement Think Tank Forum held recently in Shanghai.