The Maritime Economic Development Zone, the first in the country, is located on Long Island

Mondo Social Updated on 2024-01-30

The pearl of Shandong, the well-being of the people.

On December 17, Shandong Province officially approved the establishment of the "Blue Granary" Marine Economic Development Zone in Changdao, Shandong. The area covers a total of 170 square kilometers in the eastern part of South and North Huangcheng Island, which is the first maritime economic development zone in China. Following the establishment of the comprehensive pilot zone, the creation of national parks, and the construction of an international zero-carbon island, the development of Long Island has ushered in another major opportunity.

On the morning of December 18, the Shandong Provincial Information Office held a press conference in Jinan to announce that the establishment and investment promotion meeting of Changdao "Blue Granary" Marine Economic Development Zone will be held in Yantai on the 19th, inviting all sectors of society to participate in the construction of the Marine Economic Development Zone.

1. The development trend of marine ranching.

In recent years, Yantai has vigorously promoted the construction of marine ranches with a focus on the waters of Long Island. The total area of marine ranches has exceeded 1.4 million mu, and the city has created 46 marine ranch demonstration areas above the provincial level, ranking among the top in the whole province, forming a development pattern of "the whole country looks at Shandong, and Shandong looks at Yantai" in the construction of marine ranches.

The establishment of the "blue granary" marine economic development zone in Changdao will drive the development of marine food and marine equipment with the construction of modern marine ranches, and promote the industry from seed industry innovation to equipment manufacturing, from aquatic product processing to cold chain logistics, from product research and development to marketing, so as to form a relatively complete primary, secondary and tertiary industry integration system, extend the industrial chain, enhance the value chain, expand the interest chain, continuously improve the added value of seafood, and create a new growth point of the marine economy.

2. Unique marine economic development zone.

The Changshan Islands are a string of pearl necklaces between the Yellow Sea and the Bohai Sea. The smoke and waves are vast, the scenery is beautiful, the sea contains rich fishery resources, and contains huge marine economic wealth. Changdao is a comprehensive pilot area for marine ecological civilization in Shandong Province, with unique natural endowments and a coastline of 1878 kilometers, the sea area of 3541 square kilometers, accounting for a quarter of Yantai, the water depth is large, the climate is mild, very suitable for large-scale deployment of deep-sea aquaculture facilities.

In the past five years, Long Island has invested a total of 16500 million yuan, the construction of marine ranches 1570,000 acres, 450,000 empty square meters of artificial reefs, 13 deep-water large-scale intelligent aquaculture cages, 1 million cubic meters of aquaculture water, CIMC Raffles City's independent research and development of large-scale intelligent cages have reached the international advanced level, cultivating Yantai Jinghai Fishery Company and other deep-sea aquaculture leading enterprises, and the volume of aquaculture cages is in the forefront of the whole province.

3. Good opportunities for the development of the northern seas.

In order to obtain the approval of the development zone project, Yantai has made concerted efforts to promote it. Jiang Cheng, member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, personally arranged, planned, promoted, and led the team to fight. Zheng Deyan, deputy secretary of the municipal party committee and mayor, made a special trip to hold a special meeting to make arrangements for planning and development, planning and preparation, and organizational support.

The Municipal Bureau of Commerce, the Municipal Bureau of Natural Resources, and the Municipal Bureau of Marine Development and Fisheries combined with their respective divisions of labor to form a special working class, fully connect with relevant departments directly under the provincial government, and break the constraints one by one to plan and clarify the construction path of the industrial park.

Fourth, it will be integrated with national parks.

Wang Rentang, a member of the party group and deputy director of the Shandong Provincial Oceanic Bureau, said at the press conference that Shandong's total marine economy ranks second in the country, and state-level marine ranches account for nearly 40% of the country. The construction of Changdao "Blue Granary" Marine Economic Development Zone is of great significance for promoting the high-quality development of Shandong's marine economy, for promoting the upgrading of marine industry, and for improving the level of marine ecological environment protection in Shandong.

Liang Yong, deputy mayor of Yantai City, said that the Changdao "Blue Granary" Marine Economic Development Zone will focus on five major directions to build a demonstration park for deep-sea aquaculture in the whole province, an industrial park with a complete chain in the whole province, a green, low-carbon and environmentally friendly ecological park in the whole province, a model park led by digital intelligence in the whole province and an open park for the coordinated development of the whole province.

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