On December 6, 2016 local time, CMG Chairman Li Jianhong met in Hong Kong with Zheng Shanjie, Deputy Director of National Energy Administration, exchanging ideas about energy shipping. CMG Executive Vice President Su Xingang attended the meeting.

Zheng Shanjie was aware of the development of CMG and ask the specific performance in state-owned enterprises, energy shipping industry and structural organization. Li Jianhong actively answered the questions in great details. Li said China Merchants Group owned a fleet constituted by 53 VLCC that ranked the top one in terms of scale and profits around the world. Currently, the majority of CMG's VLCC fleet have been transporting national oil. In the recent years, CMG increased within double digits after restructuring and M＆A.