The East Asia Maritime Cooperation Platform Seized the Development Opportunities and Successfully Established a New International Marine Cooperation Platform
Pubdate：2022-05-23 00:00
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From 2016 to 2020, the East Asia Marine Cooperation Platform Qingdao Forum, sponsored by the Ministry of Natural Resources and the People’s Government of Shandong Province and undertaken by the Qingdao Municipal People’s Government, was held in Qingdao West Coast New Area for five sessions successively. Since the launch of the East Asia Maritime Cooperation Platform in Qingdao, Shandong has implemented the relevant national decisions and arrangements, seized the strategic opportunities for platform development under the strong support and guidance of the Ministry of Natural Resources, and promoted the platform construction through continuous innovation and breakthrough.
Gradually Improving the Mechanism of Platform Development based on Coordination at Different Levels
While strengthening organizational guarantee and planning guidance, the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Provincial Government have established relevant promotion agencies with an emphasis on the construction of the Platform. Qingdao has set up a special agency to undertake and guarantee the construction of the Platform and assisted in preparing the construction plan, work program, and implementation opinions. At the same time, Qingdao has planned the construction of the entity of the Platform and entrusted the Ocean University of China to demonstrate the feasibility and implementation path of establishing an International entity of the East Asia Maritime Cooperation Platform; in addition, it has also innovatively proposed the construction of the Qingdao Marine International Cooperation Center and prepared the construction scheme and obtained the support from the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Provincial Government. The construction of the Platform has obtained special support from the China-ASEAN Maritime Cooperation Fund (2016-2018), which has vigorously promoted the construction of the Platform.
Comprehensively Improving the International Dominance of the Platform’s Brand from Multiple Aspects
In terms of brand building, Tsinghua University and the Central Academy of Fine Arts jointly designed the logo and extension system of the Platform and Qingdao Forum and implemented trademark protection and market development. The permanent venue - Qingdao World Expo City – has become a landmark building of the Platform after construction. The Platform focuses on publicity and promotion and conducts in-depth cooperation with well-known search engines to build a high-standard bilingual website in Chinese and English, carry out a series of publicity, promotion, and media release activities, and prepare and release international publicity videos, thus improving the popularity of the Platform. It has actively carried out a series of international exchanges, for example, the corresponding leaders of the Shandong Provincial Government led a team to attend the East Asian Local Government Conference and the Platform Promotion and Marine Cooperation Matchmaking Conference in Japan and Thailand; the Platform invited a delegation of 40 members led by Anek Laothamatas, Professor of Rangsit University (the present Minister of Ministry of Education of Thailand), to visit the Headquarters; and it also invited the experts and scholars from China, Japan, and South Korea to visit the starting site of Xu Fu’s Sea-Voyage Eastward.
Making a Key Breakthrough to Successfully Construct a New International Marine Cooperation Platform
Through continuous efforts, the East Asia Marine Cooperation Platform Qingdao Forum and East Asia Marine Expo have become influential brands among international marine forums and Expos; with the continuous improvement of the degree of internationalization, the specialization level, and the marketization ability, they have been fully affirmed by the attending leaders. The relevant leaders of Shandong Province have made positive instructions several times.
The five sessions of the Qingdao Forum invited more than 100 officials at the vice-ministerial level and above from more than 80 countries and regions, as well as leaders of more than 40 international organizations and trade associations. Nearly 200 media at home and abroad published more than 8,000 reports, creating a platform integrating wisdom and strength. Significant achievements have been made, such as 21 heavyweight reports and indexes, 4 international alliances, and 3 coordinating agencies. 22 marine-related projects have been approved, with a total investment of RMB 82.4 billion; 12 high-end talent team projects have been established, with a total investment of RMB 2.1 billion; and 4 academicians and 8 high-level talents have been introduced.
In addition, a well-known Expo brand has been created. The occupied area of the East Asia Marine Expo has been increased from 20,000 square meters to 60,000 square meters, making it an important window for domestic and foreign enterprises to understand Shandong and invest in Qingdao. East Asia Marine Expo 2020 attracted 779 enterprises (institutions) from more than 70 countries and regions, and 1.306 million offline and online visitors, realizing the intended volume of transactions of RMB 2.81 billion.
According to reports, the East Asia Marine Expo 2022 will be held at Qingdao World Expo City from June 21 to June 23. This EXPO is expected to attract 800 well-known enterprises at home and abroad, exhibiting the leading equipment, technologies, and solutions. Since 2016, it has been successfully held for five sessions, assisting numerous enterprises in marine and energy-related fields in achieving significant economic benefits.
