QINGDAO, Oct 25: On the morning of October 24th, 2024 Global Ocean Development Forum was inaugurated in West Coast New Area of Qingdao, East China’s Shandong Province. With the theme of “Let’s Sea Our Futures — Promoting Blue Partnerships for Growth and Sustainability”, the event will last until Oct. 25th.
Besides the opening ceremony and main forum, the event also consists of the East Asia Marine Cooperation Platform Qingdao Dialogue (Ocean City Mayors Dialogue), four parallel forums, and six featured activities, and covers a range of key hot topics in the marine economy, including shipping logistics, renewable energy, blue finance, biomedicine, high-end manufacturing, artificial intelligence, digitalization, and climate change, as well as several high-level closed-door investment meetings.
Worth noting is that the 2024 Global Ocean Development Forum is an outcome of the integration of original East Asia Marine Cooperation Platform Qingdao Forum and Activities of the Subcommittee on Oceans and Fisheries of the Association of North East Asia Regional Governments. It’s now among the three forums at ministerial and provincial level retained by Shandong Province and the sole international forum pertaining to the ocean.
The forum will feature the release of the 2024 China Marine Development Index and the Qingdao Initiative for 2024 Global Ocean Development Forum. Additionally, a signing ceremony for key marine projects in Shandong Province will take place, involving 30 projects with a planned total investment of over 65 billion yuan. These projects will cover various areas, such as marine new energy and new materials, marine transportation, marine engineering equipment manufacturing, and marine biomedicine.
