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.