China attends 22nd APEC Oceans and Fisheries Working Group Meeting
The 22nd APEC Oceans and Fisheries Working Group (OFWG) Meeting was recently held in Lima, Peru.
Representatives from 14 APEC economies, including Australia, Canada, Chile, China, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Peru, the Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Chinese Taipei, and the United States, as well as guests from the Nature Conservancy (TNC), the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development, and other organizations attended the meeting.
The meeting adopted the summary report of the 21st OFWG Meeting, the OFWG 2024 Work Plan, and the OFWG Strategic Plan 2024-2026.
Attendees were briefed on the implementation progress of the APEC Putrajaya Vision, the the Aotearoa Plan of Action, the 2019 APEC Roadmap on Marine Debris Management, the 2019 Roadmap on Combatting Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing, as well as the 2022 Small-scale Fisheries and Aquaculture Roadmap.
Participants also reviewed the status of APEC projects undertaken and underway, proposed and initiated new projects in the field of ocean and fisheries, and explored the themes and priority areas of the OFWG Meeting hosted by Peru this year.
Three Chinese representatives take a photo with Mónica Rojas Noack, Lead Shepherd of APEC Ocean and Fisheries Working Group.
At the meeting, three Chinese representatives, one from the China Institute for Marine Affairs (CIMA) and two from the Third Institute of Oceanography of the Ministry of Natural Resources of China, introduced China’s policy and practice on the implementation of the APEC Putrajaya Vision, the Aotearoa Plan of Action, the APEC Roadmap on Marine Debris Management, and the Roadmap on Combatting IUU Fishing.
They also reported the progress of China’s advancing the APEC Training Workshop on Capacity Building for Blue Citizen, the APEC Marine Sustainable Development Report, the APEC Blue Economy Forum, and the APEC Workshop on International Policy Development of Marine Pollution Control.
Additionally, they shared Xiamen’s experience in marine ecological protection and restoration with other APEC economies, helping promote sustainable marine development.