Zhejiang Province is rich in marine resources, and its coastline ranks first in China, making it a veritable maritime province. How to provide strong scientific and technological support for the high-quality development of the marine economy and the construction of a strong marine province?On November 28, the Zhejiang Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) held an expert consultation meeting on "Increasing Marine Science and Technology Innovation and Promoting the High-quality Development of Marine Economy" to listen to the opinions and suggestions of members, experts and relevant departments, and promote the self-reliance and self-improvement of marine science and technology in Zhejiang Province.
The layout of marine disciplines urgently needs new disciplines to join, information-based interdisciplinary disciplines need to be established, and the public marine literacy needs to be systematically improved, so as to create a positive atmosphere for more talents to devote themselves to the marine cause. Qu Fengzhong, deputy dean of the College of Oceanography of Zhejiang University, put forward his thoughts on the construction of sea-related disciplines from the perspective of teachers and education administrators. Chen Jianfang, deputy director of the Second Institute of Oceanography of the Ministry of Natural Resources, believes that scientific researchers should give full play to their professional expertise to carry out various forms of science popularization activities and improve citizens' scientific literacy. At the same time, it is called on to unblock the communication and interaction channels of scientific research institutes, universities and universities, adhere to the scenario-driven, optimize the innovation environment, strengthen the humanistic care for scientific research personnel, and give full play to the talent advantages of scientific research institutes. 
Judging from the feelings of front-line marine researchers, there is widespread anxiety about scientific research funding. Pu Jibin, deputy director of the Key Laboratory of Marine New Materials, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, said frankly that he hopes to provide non-competitive and stable scientific research funding support for high-level scientific and technological innovation platforms and effectively reduce the burden on scientific researchers. "The independent innovation ability of enterprises is relatively weak, and the intensity of innovation investment is relatively insufficient. Lin Dong, a member of the Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, is the director and chief engineer of the provincial large-scale marine tidal energy engineering research center, and he believes that it is necessary to further enhance the status of enterprises and the main body of scientific and technological innovation, create a deep integration of industry, university and research innovation system, promote the gathering of all kinds of innovative talents to enterprises, increase financial support, and promote the deep integration of innovation chain, industrial chain, capital chain, and talent chain. Shao Bin, President of Zhejiang Branch of China Construction Bank, said that it is necessary to make financial services in marine science and technology innovation, and build a cooperation platform shared by government, enterprises and finance with the first link to solve the problems of insufficient identification ability of banks for science and technology enterprises and difficulties in evaluating and disposing of intellectual property rights of science and technology enterprises. At the consultation meeting, the participating committee members and experts actively took the floor and put forward many opinions and suggestions with content, thinking and strong operability. Heads from the Provincial Development and Reform Commission, the Provincial Department of Education, the Provincial Department of Science and Technology, the Provincial Local Financial Supervision Bureau, the Provincial Association for Science and Technology and other relevant departments made consultations and exchanges, demonstrating the confidence and determination of the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Party Committee to increase the innovation of marine science and technology and promote the high-quality development of the marine economy. **People's Political Consultative Conference Daily (03rd edition of December 02, 2023).
Reporter: Bao Manhua Correspondent: Du Junyan Layout Editor: Luo Weixin ** Editor: Qin Yi (Xi) Review: Zhou Jiajia.