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Sustainable development of marine economy in China

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China is a large marine country. Developing marine economy is an effective way to solve a series of problems with which man is faced, such as the want of natural resource, space limitation, the environmental deterioration, etc. This article analyzes the rich resources of marine biology, harbor, offshore oil and natural gas and coastal tourism resources in China and describes the developing features and regional differences of marine economy. To realize the sustainable development of marine economy in China, what we need to do are as follows: 1) to list exploiting ocean into national development strategy; 2) to realize integrated economy of sea and land; 3) to develop ocean by science and technology; 4) to perfect legal institution of marine environment; 5) to establish new idea of sea defending.

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Foundation item: Under the auspices of Humanity Society and Science Research Project of Educational Department (No. 96JAP 790018) and Fund Subsidization of Important Research Base of Educational Department (No. SC03008)

Biography: ZHANG Yao-guang (1934–), male, a native of Shanghai, professor, specialized in marine economy geography. E-mail: zhangyaoguang@163.com

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Zhang, Yg., Dong, Lj., Yang, J. et al. Sustainable development of marine economy in China. Chin. Geograph.Sc. 14, 308–313 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11769-004-0033-z

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