The Guangdong government expects the province's ocean economy to generate an annual output of 1.5 trillion yuan ($236 billion) by 2015.
Hong Kong means "fragrant harbor" in Chinese. We should take advantage of the harbor we have and build Hong Kong into a maritime hub, not just a financial center. Such a push will create more jobs and spur economic growth.
Colleges are struggling to produce enough merchant seamen to meet demand, and more graduates with non-maritime degrees are opting for a life at sea.
China's State Oceanic Administration on Wednesday issued a plan for maritime development, saying that the area of maritime reserves should account for 5 percent of the country's total sea area by 2020.
China forbids anyone to develop the country's islands designated for purposes in its territorial waters.
The State Oceanic Administration (SOA) on Friday published a report on China's maritime administration and law enforcement efforts in 2011
The head of China's oceanic authority has said that the outlook for China's maritime environment is "not optimistic," calling for further efforts to build the ocean conservation culture.
Qingdao in Shandong province has a thriving high-tech sector much like that of California's Silicon Valley or Bangalore, India, but local officials say the city has one advantage those regions lack: a wealth of marine resources.
A Chinese political advisor has called for the early establishment of a Ministry of Oceans in China to strengthen maritime law enforcement and exploration activities on the high seas.
Ren Zhengang, director of the construction office at the Qingdao Blue Economic Zone, said a number of zones will be developed to expedite the city's marine economy.
China's State Council, or the Cabinet, has approved a plan to establish the Zhoushan Archipelago New Area in southeastern Zhejiang Province, local authorities said Thursday.
A maritime education center opened on Wednesday in Qingdao, a coastal city in east China's Shandong province, said an official from the Ocean University of China.
A maritime highway between Qingdao and South Korea is to start operation at the end of August to increase the logistics efficiency and lower the transportation cost for freight vehicles traveling between China and South Korea by providing easier access.
The port city of Dongying is looking for ways to strengthen its economy by studying national plans for developing the ecology of the Yellow River Delta and maritime business in Shandong province.
China's ocean watchdog is speeding up its work to protect and develop islands in response to the priority placed on the oceanic economy by the country's 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-2015).
China's ocean watchdog is speeding up its work to protect and develop islands in response to the priority placed on the oceanic economy by the country's 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-2015).
A national standard will be drafted that limits pollutant discharge into the sea as part of a campaign to protect the fragile maritime environment, a top official said.
Over the next few years Shandong province will be looking at the Yellow River Delta and the Shandong Peninsula Economic Zone to improve the economic structure and development pattern, the governor has said.
Ren Zhengang, director of the construction office at the Qingdao Blue Economic Zone, said a number of zones will be developed to expedite the city's marine economy.
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