Blue Citizen Public Outreach Event at Wuyuan Bay held in Xiamen
Themed "An Engaging Ocean, Our Shared Vision”, the Blue Citizen Public Outreach Event at Wuyuan Bay was held in Xiamen, East China’s Fujian province on September 15.
More than 400 participants, including volunteers, representatives from APEC Blue Citizen Capacity Training Seminar, as well as teachers, students and parents from Xiamen Jimei Lehai Primary School and Xiamen Binhai Primary School, attended the event.
As one of the supporting activities for the APEC Blue Citizen Capacity Training Seminar, which opened in Xiamen on September 13, the public outreach event gives participants the opportunity to explore marine resources, ecological value, and development story of Wuyuan Bay, helping them better understand the Blue Citizen Initiative, the human-ocean connectivity, and raising their ocean literacy.
The Blue Citizen Public Outreach Event was jointly hosted by APEC Marine Sustainable Development Center, the Third Institute of Oceanography of the Ministry of Natural Resources, the Marine Ecological Committee of the Ecological Society of China, Xiamen Municipal Bureau of Ocean Development and Xiamen Marine International Cooperation Center.