On October 29, Huai'an Municipal government and Shenzhen Baoneng Investment Group Co., Ltd. signed a strategic cooperation agreement on air cargo hub, food industry, urban development, science, technologies, culture, and tourism, aiming to achieve win-win results.

Huai'an government puts forward a new development goal in 2020: "constructing Huai'an into a new green city and a new hub". The construction of Huai'an into an air cargo hub is a crucial part of its hub city strategy. Thus, Huai'an will make and implement the following planning, including the strategic planning of an air cargo hub, special planning concerned, and the overall planning of Huai'an airport, accelerate the construction of a high-grade airport and an airport economic zone, and improve the freight route network. At present, Huai'an is discussing the cooperation on the construction of Baoneng aviation base in Huai'an, an integral part of Baoneng global cargo airport network and one of the three props of Baoneng group's national logistics system.