CCTV News: The Ministry of Natural Resources issued the "2024 China Marine Economic Statistical Bulletin" (hereinafter referred to as the "Committee") on February 24. The Communiqué shows that in 2024, my country's total marine economic output reached a new level, exceeding 10 trillion for the first time.

In 2024, the marine economy showed strong development momentum, reaching 10543.8 billion yuan, an increase of 5.9% over the previous year, driving the national economic growth by 0.4 percentage points.

Among them, the marine shipbuilding industry achieved an added value of 137 billion yuan throughout the year, an increase of 14.9% over the previous year. The international market share of the new sea ship orders, sea ship completion volume and handheld sea ship order volume all exceeded 50% for the first time, based on the revised gross tonnage.

The marine engineering equipment manufacturing industry continues to recover, and its international market share remains the world's first for seven consecutive years. The added value of more than 103.2 billion yuan throughout the year, an increase of 9.1% over the previous year.

Gu Wu, Director of the Department of Marine Strategic Planning and Economics of the Ministry of Natural Resources, introduced that in 2024, the added value of the marine manufacturing industry was 3.18 trillion yuan, accounting for more than 30% of the total marine product, and the role of "ballast stone" continues to appear.

The marine service industry has a significant role in driving the marine economy. In 2024, the added value of the marine service industry was 628.49 billion yuan, accounting for 59.6% of the gross marine product, driving the growth of the marine economy by 3.6 percentage points, 0.1 percentage point higher than the previous year.

The marine tourism market continues to heat up, and cruise tourism is very popular. The marine tourism industry achieved an added value of 1613.5 billion yuan throughout the year, an increase of 9.2% over the previous year. In 2024, my country's marine crude oil production increased by 4.7% year-on-year

The "2024 China Marine Economic Statistical Bulletin" released by the Ministry of Natural Resources on February 24 showed that in 2024, the output of marine crude oil and natural gas increased by 4.7% and 8.7% year-on-year respectively.

In 2024, marine energy supply continued to grow. The output of marine crude oil and natural gas increased by 4.7% and 8.7% year-on-year respectively. The increase in marine crude oil accounts for nearly 80% of the total crude oil increase in the country, and continues to become the main battlefield for my country's energy reserves and production.

Offshore wind power is gradually entering a new stage of large-scale and clustered development. The annual offshore wind power generation increased by nearly 30% year-on-year, helping the green and low-carbon development of the economy and society.

In 2024, the supply capacity of marine aquatic products will continue to improve. With the accelerated formation of marine aquaculture production clusters, smart fisheries have flourished, and the construction of "blue granary" has made positive progress. The added value of marine fisheries has reached 488 billion yuan throughout the year, an increase of 4.0% over the previous year.

In 2024, the scale of seawater resource utilization continued to increase, with the national seawater desalination output exceeding 400 million tons, and the industrial cooling seawater consumption exceeded 180 billion tons.

Gu Wu introduced that 4,123 new sea island projects have been approved nationwide, with an area of ​​263,000 hectares, with an investment of 1.07 trillion yuan, effectively ensuring the demand for sea islands such as major national construction projects, oil and gas, wind power, and fishery production. In 2024, the added value of marine emerging industries in my country increased by 7.2% year-on-year

The "Communiqué" shows that in 2024, the added value of marine emerging industries increased by 7.2% year-on-year.

In 2024, my country made a breakthrough in key technological equipment in the marine field. The first independently designed and built ocean drilling ship "Dream" was officially launched, with unlimited navigation areas in the world, and a maximum drilling depth of 11,000 meters.

The deep-sea heavy-duty mining vehicle "Kaotuo No. 2" completed a 4,000-meter-level sea trial in the Western Pacific, successfully collected multi-metal crust and nodule samples, and conquered technologies such as high maneuvering and intelligent fine control in the complex terrain of deep-sea.

The second-generation rotational orientation of the "Xuanji" drilling system independently developed by my country is the first to be used in the South China Sea, marking a breakthrough in my country's high-end oil and gas drilling technology.

In 2024, the added value of marine emerging industries increased by 7.2% year-on-year. my country's first pneumatic wave power generation equipment "Huaqing" was successfully launched, and the megawatt-class trend-energy generator "Fenjin" has a cumulative grid-connected power generation of more than 4.5 million kilowatt-hours.

my country has built a marine microbiome database of more than 43,100 marine microbiome genomes and 2.458 billion genetic sequences, providing a solid foundation for the development of the "Blue Drug Deposit".

Gu Wu introduced that in the fields of marine engineering technology, deep water oil and gas equipment, deep deep sea mineral resource exploration and development, central enterprises have established innovation consortiums with universities, research institutes, and private enterprises. In the fields of marine engineering equipment, offshore wind power, marine biomedicine, etc., Shandong, Zhejiang, Guangdong and other places have effectively promoted the in-depth integration and development of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation.