The latest data released by the Ministry of Natural Resources today shows that my country’s marine economy has grown steadily in the first half of the year, demonstrating good development resilience.
Preliminary calculations show that in the first half of the year, my country’s total marine product value was 5.5 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.1%, which is higher than the growth rate of GDP. The traction role of the marine economy in the national economy has become increasingly prominent.
In the first half of the year, my country’s deep-sea hard-core science and technology continued to make breakthroughs and became the core engine for the innovative development of the marine economy.At the Laoshan Laboratory in Qingdao, Shandong Province, the "Wenhai 6000h" deep-sea heavy-duty unmanned submersible is undergoing robotic arm debugging, making final preparations for the upcoming ocean scientific expedition.In the first half of this year, this equipment has performed scientific research missions in the "Kunlun" hydrothermal tube group area, with a maximum diving depth of 6,523 meters, a total of 16 dives, and an effective dive success rate of 100%.
In the first half of the year, my country's seagoing shipbuilding industry continued to maintain its leading position in the world in terms of new orders, completions, and orders on hand.The traditional marine ship industry is accelerating its comprehensive transformation to green intelligence.At Mawei Shipbuilding Terminal in Lianjiang, Fuzhou, Fujian, an LNG dual-fuel smart car roll-off ship with 4,200 parking spaces is about to be delivered.The ship has built a smart energy system integrating photovoltaics, energy storage, and shaft power generation, and can be connected to shore power when berthing, realizing low-carbon navigation throughout the entire journey.
In the first half of the year, my country’s ability to ensure supply of seawater products has steadily increased.Domestic marine product production increased by 4.7% year-on-year, of which marine aquaculture production increased by 6.0% year-on-year.The first batch of 12 tons of high-quality salmon farmed in the "ship-mounted cabin culture" mode of "Guoxin 1 No. 2-2" was launched on the market, and the world's first salmon farming work vessel "Suhai No. 1" completed its first catch.
Expansion of capacity and efficiency in emerging marine industries
Continued release of development momentum
In the first half of the year, my country focused on cutting-edge tracks such as offshore engineering equipment and marine biomedicine. Policy support and technological research were carried out in both directions, and new momentum grew rapidly.
In the first half of the year, the value of my country's new offshore engineering orders increased by 121.9% year-on-year, accounting for more than 80% of the global market share.The construction of high-end offshore equipment has achieved fruitful results. my country's first offshore mobile multi-functional platform "Offshore Oil 283" was delivered. The world's largest single-machine capacity 16-megawatt floating offshore wind power platform "Three Gorges Pilot" began to be installed. The world's largest offshore converter station "Sea Breeze Heart" was installed. The world's first 16-megawatt tension-leg floating wind power platform "Offshore Oil Anlan" successfully left the port.
ChinaThe country has issued the first special guidance on marine biomedicine, and four original new marine drugs have entered phase I clinical trials; the international standards for seawater desalination formulated under the leadership of our country have been officially released, and cutting-edge technologies such as seawater hydrogen production and wave energy utilization have ranked among the world's advanced ones; Langya 2.0, Nanming Ocean Model, and Marine Digital Twin Engine have been released one after another, and bionic jellyfish robots and deep-sea integrated mining systems have filled many technical gaps.
At the same time, our country continues to increase the coordinated development of sea areas and consolidate the foundation of marine economic development in an all-round way.In the first half of the year, there were 1,246 new sea-use island projects nationwide, with an approved sea-use island area of 123,000 hectares, and the total investment in related projects exceeded 380 billion yuan.
Blue Finance's "Precision Drip Irrigation" of the entire marine economy chain
The latest data shows that in the first half of this year, 12 maritime-related companies in my country completed IPOs, with a financing scale of 13.34 billion yuan.Blue finance is making precise efforts in the entire chain from research and development, pilot testing to production, and continues to empower the high-quality development of my country's marine economy.
The research and development cycle of emerging marine industries is long and returns are slow. Therefore, the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange have held marine industry investment and financing roadshows for 11 consecutive years. This year’s roadshow was held in Zhoushan, Zhejiang. The Ministry of Natural Resources collaborated with dozens of leading institutions, introduced financing consultants to polish business plans, and invited academicians to interpret policies.So far, the roadshow has served nearly 250 maritime-related companies, meeting financing needs exceeding 40 billion yuan.
In view of the problems faced by scientific and technological innovation enterprises such as large investment in R&D, lack of collateral, and high pilot risks, local financial institutions have accurately solved the problem with innovative products.Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province launched the unsecured "Hao Miao Loan", which provides loans within a week to support the research and development of marine medical materials.
Financial "living water" is also helping the transformation and upgrading of traditional fisheries.In Zhoushan, Zhejiang, the local fishermen’s joint guarantee and ship property rights swap were used to solve the problem of no mortgage for newly built fishing ships.
Qingdao, Shandong Province has launched a "fishing boat loan" that incorporates boat and network indicators into the assessment, with a maximum credit limit of 10 million yuan and a term of 8 years.As of the end of June this year, Qingdao’s “fishing boat loans” had invested more than 100 million yuan, boosting fishermen’s income by more than 20 million yuan, and the collective economy of fishing villages increased their annual income by an average of 700,000 yuan.
(CCTV reporters Liang Lijuan and Shao Haicheng)
