Xiamen Summit Forum on Innovation and Development of Marine Emerging Industries Held
As one of the key activities of the 2022 World Ocean Week in Xiamen, Xiamen Summit Forum on Innovation and Development of Marine Emerging Industries was held successfully yesterday.
More than 200 experts and scholars from national authorities as well as leading entrepreneurs attended the forum, themed "Blue New Engine, High-quality Development of Marine Emerging Industries".
"Big names" exchanged views and shared the latest achievements in marine emerging industries, centering on fields like blue carbon, synthetic biology, blue transformation in the aquaculture seed industries, high-end marine equipment, marine biomedicine.
Some attendees also visited the Southern Ocean Entrepreneurship and Innovation (Oucuo) Base and Xiamen Huison Biotech Co., Ltd for on-site study.
Relying on geographic advantage as well as marine scientific research from local universities and institutions, Xiamen city has introduced preferential policies and set up special guidance fund to promote the development of marine emerging industries.
Statistics shows that in 2021 Xiamen's marine emerging industry achieved an added value of 63.7 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of more than 10%.
Supported by the East China Sea Bureau of the Ministry of Natural Resources, the Fujian Provincial Bureau of Ocean and Fisheries and the Third Institute of Oceanography of the Ministry of Natural Resources, co-organized by Xiamen Municipal Bureau of Ocean Development (Secretariat of Xiamen Southern Oceanographic Center), Marine Branch of Fujian Collaborative Innovation Institute, Fujian Marine Innovation Laboratory (in preparation) (Academic Division of Earth Science and Technology of Xiamen University), College of Ocean and Earth Sciences of Xiamen University, Xiamen Marine Emerging Industry Innovation Alliance, and Xiamen Marine Expert Group, the forum was hosted by Xiamen Municipal People's Government and Xiamen University.