The added value of seven marine industries ranks first in the country! What are the advantages of Shandong’s deep cultivation of the ocean?

Shandong is a major maritime province. With more than 3,500 kilometers of coastline, nearly 160,000 square kilometers of marine land, and the marine resource abundance index ranking first in the country, these are strategic resources that Shandong is proud of. From ranking first in the country in the added value of six marine industries in 2021 to ranking first in the country in the added value of seven marine industries in 2022, Shandong has obvious momentum to improve its quality in promoting marine resource advantages into industrial advantages.

Taking a closer look at the seven marine industries with the highest added value in the country, there are many Shandong’s traditional advantageous industries, as well as newly emerged dark horses.

Marine fishery is a typical representative of Shandong’s traditional advantageous industries. In the field of mariculture, Shandong has led the country’s five waves of mariculture. From the leader in the past to the number one today, the connotation is changing. In 2022, there will be 139 marine ranch demonstration zones at or above the provincial level in Shandong, including 67 at the national level, ranking first in the country; deep-sea farming has made breakthrough progress, and the "Shenlan 1" deep-water cage has completed the world's first low-latitude Atlantic salmon farming Large-scale fish collection... Currently, more and more marine treasures in Shandong are moving from near-shore farming to "wild-like" and "original" farming with intelligent equipment in the deep sea. Shandong's marine fishery is being supported by smart equipment to promote The industry is transforming and upgrading again, seeking market dominance in high-end and high-quality aquatic products.

The marine power industry relies on its resource endowment advantages and draws development potential from green and low-carbon transformation. Shandong’s coastal areas are rich in wind resources and have huge development potential. The 20-MW deep-sea floating photovoltaic 500-kilowatt project of the Shandong Peninsula South No. 3 offshore wind farm successfully generated electricity, achieving a new breakthrough in offshore photovoltaic construction; it built a grid-connected offshore wind power of 2 million kilowatts, ranking first among the coastal provinces in annual grid-connected scale. New progress has been made in development; the Changyi Marine Ranch and the Three Gorges 300MW offshore wind power integration test demonstration project have achieved full-capacity grid-connected power generation, and the comprehensive development and utilization of offshore green power has taken a new path... In 2022, the added value of the offshore power industry will rank first in the country. A year-on-year increase of 12.7%, green leads the development direction of marine power.

　The marine aquatic product processing industry and the marine chemical industry are the two dark horses in 2022. How to transform the advantages of marine fisheries into advantages of marine aquatic product processing depends on industrial upgrading. In 2022, Shandong's marine aquatic products processing industry will achieve an added value of 40.04 billion yuan, an increase of 8.0% over the previous year. The trade of aquatic products is developing well. The annual import and export volume of aquatic products was US$8.10 billion, a year-on-year increase of 35.8%. Three bases were approved as high-quality development bases for international agricultural trade in 2022.

In the process of improving quality and efficiency in the marine chemical industry, the continuous utilization of resources has played a big role. The ecological chain of Shandong's marine chemical industry continues to be optimized, and a marine chemical ecological industrial system featuring the continuous chain of upstream and downstream products, the compounding of related products, and the comprehensive utilization of resources has been gradually established. In 2022, Shandong's marine chemical industry will achieve an added value of 130.46 billion yuan, an increase of 6.9% over the previous year.

Compared with the situation in 2021, Shandong’s marine pharmaceutical and biological products industry has temporarily slowed down, but the industry has maintained a healthy development trend. What is particularly worthy of attention is that industrial clusters continue to develop and grow. Qingdao’s marine biopharmaceutical industry cluster has been included in the “Top Ten” industry “Flying Formation” clusters, and Yantai’s biopharmaceutical industry cluster has been included in the national strategic emerging industry clusters. , is expected to create greater value in the future.

The ocean contains inexhaustible power for development. The key lies in how to tap potential, expand space, and develop momentum. Leveraging resource advantages, strengthening project leadership, relying on technological innovation, and focusing on green development, Shandong's traditional marine advantageous industries continue to transform and upgrade, and emerging marine industries continue to develop and grow. In 2022, Shandong’s gross marine product will exceed the 1.6 trillion mark for the first time, and its contribution to the national marine economy and the province’s economic growth will reach 22.5% and 25.2% respectively. Blue is becoming an important background color for Shandong’s economic development.