Innovation empowers the development of emerging industries and China’s marine economy has many highlights_Southern Network

The Ministry of Natural Resources held a regular press conference on November 20 to introduce the operation of the marine economy in the first three quarters. Preliminary calculations show that the gross marine product value in the first three quarters was 7.2 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.8%. The overall marine economy continues to recover.

Major economic indicators rebounded

“Since 2023, the national marine economy has continued to recover, the main economic indicators have continued to rebound, and many indicators in many fields have seen some positive changes and highlights.” He Guangshun, Director of the Department of Marine Strategic Planning and Economics of the Ministry of Natural Resources, said, The gross marine product is 0.6 percentage points higher than the national GDP growth rate and 0.4 percentage points higher than the GDP growth rate of coastal areas.

The traditional marine industry has good growth momentum. Cui Xiaojian, deputy director of the National Ocean Information Center, said that in the first three quarters, marine shipbuilding companies seized the opportunity of the rotation of the new ship market. China’s seagoing ship market share maintained its leading position in the world, the number of new orders accepted accelerated, and the operating efficiency of shipbuilding companies continued to rebound. “The number of new sea-going ship orders, completed sea-going ships, and orders held nationwide increased by 40.2%, 23.3%, and 34.3% respectively year-on-year.” Cui Xiaojian said, “Among them, the number of high-tech and high-value-added ships delivered increased significantly, and batch deliveries 24,000 TEU container ships, LNG dual-fuel powered bulk carriers and gas carriers, etc.” The marine tourism industry has accelerated into a new stage of comprehensive recovery. In the first three quarters, marine passenger traffic increased by 121.0% year-on-year, exceeding the level of the same period in 2019.

The supply capacity of marine resources has been steadily improved. In the first three quarters, 1,219 sea and island projects were approved nationwide, covering an area of ​​1.7 million acres, a year-on-year increase of 4.6% and a decrease of 2.7% respectively, involving an investment of more than 600 billion yuan. Offshore oil and gas reserves and production continued to increase. In the first three quarters, offshore crude oil and natural gas production increased by 4.6% and 9.7% year-on-year respectively. Several projects such as the Bohai billion-ton oil field group Kenli 6-1 and the Lufeng 12-3 oil field were completed and put into operation. The construction of the “blue granary” is advancing steadily. In the first three quarters, domestic marine aquatic product production and marine aquaculture production both grew by more than 5.0% year-on-year.

The production and operation conditions of maritime-related enterprises have generally improved. The survey shows that the proportion of companies that achieved year-on-year growth in revenue and profits in the first three quarters was 59.7% and 54.5% respectively, an increase of 5.9 and 2.5 percentage points from the first half of the year. In terms of industries, most industries maintained stable development. “Among them, the marine tourism industry, marine shipbuilding industry, marine power industry, and seawater desalination and comprehensive utilization industry are operating well, with more than 70% of the companies’ revenue increasing.” Cui Xiaojian said.

Innovation empowers the development of emerging industries

China’s first ocean salinity detection satellite carried out aeronautical calibration flight tests, the first deep-sea mass spectrometer was successfully developed and completed sea trials, and the first cross-ocean ridge deep-sea artificial source electromagnetic and magnetotelluric joint detection profile experiment was successfully implemented… In the first three quarters , emerging marine industries continue to grow, and scientific and technological innovation capabilities continue to improve, becoming a highlight of marine economic growth.

——The offshore engineering equipment manufacturing industry continues to improve. The amount of offshore engineering orders delivered in the first three quarters increased by 50.0% year-on-year, accounting for 64.3% of the international market share. Seawater desalination projects in Hebei, Tianjin, Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other places are advancing steadily, with the scale of projects under construction and newly started in the first three quarters exceeding 300,000 tons/day. The operations of marine pharmaceutical and biological products companies are generally stable. Survey results show that 53.3% of marine pharmaceutical and biological products companies have achieved year-on-year growth in operating income.

——Marine renewable energy development continues to make new breakthroughs. The construction of offshore wind power projects has accelerated. In the first three quarters, projects under construction and newly started totaled approximately 19.4 million kilowatts, an increase of approximately 2 million kilowatts compared with the same period last year. New grid-connected capacity and power generation increased by 14.8% and 19.2% respectively year-on-year. After the stable commercial operation of tidal current energy, thermoelectric energy and wave energy have also entered engineering operation or power generation tests.

——The level of independent research and development and manufacturing of marine equipment has been accelerated. In the field of scientific research, basic research in marine science continues to make new progress. The intelligent test work guarantee ship “Xiangzhou Yun” was successfully launched, the seabed seismic exploration and acquisition equipment “Haimai” was put into use, and the country’s first 6,000-meter-level in-situ corrosion damage monitoring experimental cabin was successfully developed. In the field of production, the production technology of the marine industry continues to improve. The first domestic 18-MW offshore wind power spindle bearing was successfully rolled off the production line, the 2,500-ton self-propelled self-elevating wind power installation platform “Haifeng 1001” was officially delivered, and Asia’s first cylindrical floating production, storage and offloading unit (FPSO) “Offshore Oil 122” completed hull construction.

Maritime trade routes continue to expand

In the first three quarters, ocean transportation developed steadily and the level of port facilities continued to improve.

“In the first three quarters, the foreign trade cargo throughput of coastal ports increased by more than 10% year-on-year. However, affected by factors such as falling commodity prices and exchange rate fluctuations, the total seaborne import and export volume fell by 1.3% year-on-year.” He Guangshun said.

In terms of maritime trade routes, Liaoning Port Group’s Yingkou Port’s new South American steel route was officially opened, Dalian Port’s Dexiang Philippines route was officially put into operation, and the “China Fangcheng Port-Cambodia Seven Star Sea International Port” held its maiden voyage ceremony at Berth 1 of Fangchenggang Terminal of Beibu Gulf Port. , the routes continue to be enriched, helping to promote the construction of the “Belt and Road”.

At the same time, the level of coastal port facilities continues to improve. The second phase of Yantai Port’s 300,000-ton crude oil terminal was officially put into operation, with an annual designed unloading capacity of 16 million tons; Qingdao Dongjiakou Port’s crude oil commercial storage facility with a designed annual storage capacity of over 11.06 million cubic meters was fully completed and put into operation; Beibu Gulf Port relied on The intelligent tally system has greatly improved the timeliness, accuracy and cargo transfer efficiency of port tallies; the first automated ship loader in Qingdao Port has been officially put into use, greatly improving loading and unloading efficiency…

“However, it must also be noted that there are still many external unstable and uncertain factors, domestic demand is still insufficient, and the foundation for the recovery of the marine economy still needs to be consolidated. With the continued release of the effects of national macro policies and the enhancement of the confidence of business entities, the marine economy The endogenous power of the industry continues to increase, and my country’s marine economy is expected to continue to maintain a steady and positive development momentum throughout the year.” He Guangshun said.

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There are many bright spots in China’s marine economic development (Rui Finance)