The Ministry of Natural Resources announced on Sunday that China's marine economy achieved steady growth in the first half of the year, with sound momentum and sustained resilience. Preliminary calculations show that the gross ocean product reached 5.5 trillion yuan in the period, up 5.1% year on year.
Marine resource supply expanded steadily, with offshore crude oil and natural gas output rising 3.6% and 0.6% year on year respectively, as development projects including the Kenli 10-2 Oilfield Group (Phase I) and the Wenchang 16-2 Oilfield came fully online. The Shandong Peninsula North L site, China's deepest offshore wind power project, achieved full-capacity grid connection, generating around 1.7 billion kWh annually to meet the yearly electricity demand of roughly 500,000 households. The 16 MW floating offshore wind power platform "Three Gorges Navigator" was successfully installed. Domestic output of marine aquatic products grew 4.7% year on year. Nationwide, 1,246 new sea and island use projects were approved, covering 123,000 hectares with a total investment exceeding 380 billion yuan.
Traditional marine industries maintained a solid foundation, with new orders, completions and order backlogs for marine vessels all increasing and China retaining its leading global market share. The marine transport sector remained generally stable, with marine freight volume and turnover up 4.7% and 7.1% year on year respectively, and total maritime import and export value rising 6.9% year on year, including a 7.8% increase in exports. The marine tourism sector continued to gain steam, with marine passenger volume and passenger turnover up 4.6% and 5.4% year on year respectively.
Emerging marine industries expanded in scale and efficiency, with the value of new orders for offshore engineering equipment surging by 121.9% year on year, accounting for over 80% of the global market. New progress was made in marine biomedicine and comprehensive seawater utilization: four original marine innovative drugs were approved to enter Phase I clinical trials, and eight departments including the Ministry of Natural Resources jointly issued the Guidelines on Accelerating High-Quality Development of Marine Pharmaceuticals and Functional Products. An international standard led by China, Marine Technology—Standard Test Methods for Performance of Reverse Osmosis and Nanofiltration Membrane Elements, was officially released. Marine information services flourished, with the launch of the "Langya" 2.0 global intelligent marine phenomena forecasting model, the Nanming Ocean large model, and the DTOEngine 2.0 marine digital twin engine.
Production and operation of marine-related enterprises remained generally stable. A survey of over 1,500 such enterprises showed that 38% reported year-on-year revenue growth in the first half of the year, while 32.8% saw revenues remain flat; 23.8% expanded their average workforce compared to the same period last year, while 59.7% kept staffing levels unchanged. Looking ahead to the third quarter, 40.5% of respondents expressed optimism about the economic environment, while 52% held a neutral attitude.
Source: People.cn
2026-08-05
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China’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations held a briefing at UN Headquarters on July 31 regarding the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference and the High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance.
Fu Cong, China’s Permanent Representative to the UN, stated that President Xi Jinping put forward a comprehensive set of Chinese proposals at the opening ceremony of the conference. These proposals covered building a global AI governance system, upholding a people-centered and morally-sound approach, helping the Global South bridge the intelligence gap, establishing a World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization (WAICO), and supporting the UN’s role in global AI governance, all of which made significant contributions to global AI governance. China will uphold the principles of open source, openness, win-win cooperation, and extensive consultation, joint contribution and shared benefits. On the broad platform of the UN, China stands ready to work with all parties to deliberate on major issues concerning the future of global AI governance.
United Nations Special Envoy for Digital and Emerging Technologies Amandeep Singh Gill said the World AI Conference is of landmark significance and expressed hope that WAICO would engage in close collaboration with the UN. Song Haitao, a member of the UN’s Independent International Scientific Panel on AI, also shared his experience attending the conference.
On July 16, 29 countries from Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe signed the Agreement on the Establishment of the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization, becoming founding members. This marks an important milestone in advancing China’s initiative to establish WAICO.
According to the organizers, representatives from over 70 countries and international organizations attended the briefing. Participants congratulated China on the successful convening of the World AI Conference, spoke highly of President Xi’s important views, propositions and cooperation initiatives on AI governance, welcomed the establishment of WAICO, and expressed their readiness to jointly implement the cooperation initiatives announced at the conference. They voiced support for strengthening capacity-building in developing countries to achieve inclusive, shared and mutually beneficial outcomes.
Source: XINHUA
2026-08-03
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Amazed by the conservation efforts at the Minjiang River Estuary Wetland in #Fuzhou, Ali Awwad, the Technology Editor at Al-Akhbar (Lebanon), said: "I like how they are protecting the environment."
Source: Fudao Funway
2026-07-31
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SHENZHEN, July 28 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng attended and addressed the opening ceremony of the 2026 APEC Ministerial Meeting on Forestry on Tuesday in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province.
He noted that China has undergone historic, transformative and comprehensive changes in ecological conservation, both in understanding and in practices.
While achieving rapid economic growth and long-term social stability, China has found a path to modernization that features harmony between humanity and nature, he said.
He emphasized that the Asia-Pacific region is one of the areas with the richest forest resources and the most diverse ecosystems in the world, accounting for more than half of the global forest area.
China has been committed to safeguarding global ecological security and promoting ecological culture and green concepts, contributing Chinese wisdom and solutions to ecological conservation in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond, he said, adding that with joint efforts of all parties, the region has become a major force in reversing the downward trend of global forest resources.
In the face of the current ecological situation in the Asia-Pacific region, China will accelerate its green transformation of economic and social development, he said, adding that the country stands ready to work with all parties to jointly promote high-quality forestry development in the region.
Source: XINHUA
2026-07-29
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