OREANDA-NEWS. March 19, 2012. COSCO International was honored with the Gold Award for Social Responsibility and Investor Relations in The Asset Corporate Awards 2011, organized by an international renowned magazine, The Asset, in recognition of the Company's outstanding performance in promoting investor relations and fulfilling social responsibility, reported the press-centre of COSCO.

It was the second consecutive year that COSCO International had received such an honor, which reflected that the Company's endeavors in pursuit of excellence received wide recognition by the investment community experts around the world.

The Corporate Awards is an annual event organized by The Asset. The Awards are designed to recognize those companies with excellence in management and excellence in meeting social and ethical objectives. Through questionnaires, votes from institutional investors and interviews conducted with investors, a judging panel comprising investors and financial analysts selects those companies which achieved excellence in financial performance, corporate governance, social responsibility, environmental responsibility and investor relations among numerous listed companies in the Asian region. The Awards have high influence and authority in the industry.