Core Viewpoint - The Shandong Provincial Government is actively promoting the 2025 Marine Cooperation Development Forum to enhance the modern marine economy through four key strategies aimed at international collaboration and technological innovation [1][3]. Group 1: Marine Industry Cooperation - The forum aims to deepen marine industry cooperation and establish a blue economy growth pole by integrating with the Belt and Road Initiative and RCEP, creating marine industrial parks, and attracting investments to upgrade traditional industries such as marine fisheries and shipping [3]. - The goal is to cultivate 20 marine characteristic industrial clusters by 2027, with marine production value exceeding 2 trillion yuan [3]. Group 2: Marine Technology Cooperation - The forum will gather global marine technology ideas and top talents, attracting international research teams to collaborate with Shandong's universities and research institutions to establish joint laboratories [3]. - A series of technology cooperation demonstration projects will be implemented to accelerate breakthroughs in key technologies in deep-sea resource exploration and high-tech shipbuilding [3]. Group 3: Marine Port Development - The initiative includes accelerating the construction of marine ports to create an international logistics corridor, enhancing global supply chain capabilities, and developing a modern port and shipping system [4]. - By 2027, the coastal port cargo throughput is expected to reach 2.2 billion tons [4]. Group 4: Marine Governance Cooperation - The forum will provide an international platform for marine ecological protection, with Shandong actively participating in global marine governance and international standard-setting in emerging marine fields [4]. - Efforts will focus on the systematic protection and restoration of coastal wetlands and habitats for important marine species, contributing to global marine ecological protection [4].

Core Viewpoint - Shandong aims to enhance the effects of the 2025 Marine Cooperation Development Forum by focusing on four key areas to establish a modern marine economy development hub Group 1: Marine Industry Cooperation - Deepening marine industry cooperation to create a blue economy growth pole by integrating with the Belt and Road Initiative and RCEP, establishing marine industrial parks, and implementing blue economy cooperation demonstration projects [1] - Attracting quality domestic and international enterprises to invest in Shandong, accelerating the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries such as marine fisheries, marine mining, marine transportation, and marine chemicals, while nurturing emerging industries like marine biomedicine, marine engineering equipment, marine new energy, and seawater desalination [1] - By 2027, the goal is to cultivate 20 marine characteristic industrial clusters and achieve a marine production value exceeding 2 trillion yuan Group 2: Marine Technology Cooperation - Strengthening marine technology cooperation to establish a source of technological innovation by attracting international research teams to collaborate with Shandong universities and research institutions [2] - Organizing a series of technology cooperation demonstration projects to accelerate breakthroughs in key technologies in deep-sea resource exploration, high-tech ships, and deep-sea aquaculture [2] - Developing a technology achievement transformation platform to facilitate the landing of advanced domestic and international technologies in Shandong, fostering leading marine technology enterprises and specialized small and medium-sized enterprises [2] Group 3: Marine Port Development - Accelerating marine port construction to build an international logistics corridor by enhancing the connectivity of ports and expanding multimodal transport networks [3] - Improving the radiation capacity of Shandong ports and their position in the global supply chain, constructing bulk commodity storage and transportation bases, and promoting integrated development of maritime trade along the Silk Road [3] - By 2027, the target is to achieve a cargo throughput of 2.2 billion tons at coastal ports [3] Group 4: Marine Governance Cooperation - Promoting marine governance cooperation to build a community of shared marine destiny by actively participating in global marine governance and international standard-setting in emerging marine fields [4] - Engaging in international cooperation on marine disaster prevention and mitigation, ecological protection, and marine observation [4] - Collaborating with international organizations on marine ecological protection and advancing the systematic protection and restoration of coastal wetlands and important marine habitats [4]