The marine economy is improving steadily

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On March 1, the State Oceanic Administration issued the 2017 China Marine Economic Statistics Bulletin. According to the preliminary calculation, in 2017, China's gross marine product was 7761.1 billion yuan, up 6.9% from the previous year, and the gross marine product accounted for 9.4% of the gross domestic product.

According to Zhang Zhanhai, Director of the Department of Strategic Planning and Economics of the State Oceanic Administration, the overall situation of the development of the marine economy in 2017 can be summarized as the stable development of the marine economy and the deepening of structural adjustment.

Among them, the added value of the marine primary industry is 360 billion yuan, the added value of the secondary industry is 3009.2 billion yuan, and the added value of the tertiary industry is 4391.9 billion yuan. The added value of the marine primary, secondary and tertiary industries accounts for 4.6%, 38.8% and 56.6% of the gross marine product, respectively.

In 2017, China's marine industry continued to maintain steady growth. Among them, the added value of major marine industries was 3173.5 billion yuan, an increase of 8.5% over the previous year; The added value of the marine scientific research, education and management service industry was 1649.9 billion yuan, an increase of 11.1% over the previous year.

Specifically, the added value of marine bio-pharmaceutical industry in the whole year was 38.5 billion yuan, an increase of 11.1% over the previous year; The added value of coastal tourism in the whole year was 1463.6 billion yuan, an increase of 16.5% over the previous year; The offshore power industry continued to maintain a good momentum of development, and the offshore wind power project was accelerated, with an additional installed capacity of nearly 1200 megawatts.

From a regional perspective, in 2017, the total marine output value of the Bohai Rim region was 2463.8 billion yuan, accounting for 31.7% of the total national marine output value, down 0.8 percentage points from the previous year; The total marine output value of the Yangtze River Delta region is 2295.2 billion yuan, accounting for 29.6% of the total national marine output value, down 0.1 percentage point from the previous year; The gross marine product of the the Pearl River Delta region was 1815.6 billion yuan, accounting for 23.4% of the national gross marine product, an increase of 0.5 percentage point over the previous year.

Zhang Zhanhai said that in the current process of marine economic development, traditional industries are still in the key period of mode transformation, structure adjustment and capacity reduction, and some industries still have problems such as slow transformation of scientific and technological achievements, financing difficulties, and profitability difficulties. But on the whole, with the domestic macro-economy basically facing well, the construction of the "21st Century Maritime Silk Road" continues to advance, and the governments at all levels continue to pay more attention to the development of the marine economy, the national marine economy will continue to move towards high-quality development in 2018.

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