上海力争到2030年成为具有国际引领力的现代海洋城市   2026-10-29

 

Shanghai has unveiled a five-year plan (2026-30) for maritime development, aiming to establish itself as an internationally leading modern maritime city by 2030, with value-added output from its maritime industries reaching at least 350 billion yuan ($52.49 billion).

Issued by the Shanghai Municipal Oceanic Bureau, the plan sets a target for annual growth in gross ocean product to be no lower than the city's overall economic growth target. It also aims to maintain at least 12.5 percent of the mainland coastline in its natural state.

The plan sets the targets of restoring at least 100 kilometers of coastline and 500 hectares of coastal wetlands, raising the percentage of seawalls meeting standards to at least 96.5 percent, and building or upgrading at least 10 ocean observation stations.

According to the plan, Shanghai will support internationally renowned maritime enterprises in setting up branches, research and development centers, and manufacturing bases in the city, and will attract international maritime organizations, research institutes, and cultural and educational institutions.

The city will also support overseas arbitration institutions in opening offices in Shanghai, strengthening its position as an international center for maritime dispute resolution.

It also plans to establish an international green fuel bunkering and trading center and enhance its global shipping reinsurance underwriting capacity through the Shanghai International Reinsurance Exchange.

Shanghai aims to become an Asia-Pacific center for the cruise economy and a major cruise hub port. It will also develop high-end cruise services and establish a water sports experience center at the Yangtze River estuary.

In marine science, the city will participate in a new round of international ocean drilling activities, and promote the building of an international ocean drilling core laboratory and a global typhoon data center. It will support Shanghai-based universities in launching major international scientific programs under the UN Ocean Decade framework.

Shanghai also plans to develop into China's gateway for polar affairs, and promote the building of a comprehensive polar support base and a national polar museum.

The plan envisions an industrial development framework centered on Changxing Island and the Lin-gang Special Area, linked by a coastal industrial belt and a marine services corridor extending to the Yangtze River Delta demonstration zone for green and integrated development.

Priority areas include offshore wind, offshore photovoltaic clusters, marine biomedicine, deep-sea mining equipment, and ocean carbon capture.

To improve the efficiency of sea and island use, Shanghai will optimize approval procedures, explore parallel reviews and promote online assessment and notification of sea area usage fees.

The city will also establish an annual reserve list of projects involving sea and island use and expedite applications for major projects. An integrated monitoring network spanning air, space, land, and sea will be developed to monitor sea areas and islands.

The plan is built around a three-tier industrial system encompassing shipbuilding and marine engineering, shipping services, marine tourism, marine new energy, marine new materials, marine electronic information, marine biomedicine, seawater utilization, and future deep-sea industries.

Source: Shanghai Eye

 

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