The gross marine product value in the first half of 2024 will be 4.9 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.6%

The ability to guarantee marine resource elements has been steadily improved. In the first half of the year, the approved sea area nationwide increased by 16.9% year-on-year, and the investment amount involved in the project exceeded 500 billion yuan. Offshore crude oil and natural gas production increased by 5.6% and 10.5% respectively year-on-year, which were 3.7 and 4.5 percentage points higher than the same period nationwide. The key technology of the "Shenhai No. 1" ultra-deepwater gas field won the first prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award. Offshore wind power generated 51.69 billion kilowatt-hours, a year-on-year increase of 26.4%. The output of domestic marine aquatic products increased by more than 4% year-on-year. Guangdong’s first marine ranch industry fund was officially unveiled, with a total fund scale of 5 billion yuan.

　Marine emerging industries continue to grow. Seawater desalination projects have been progressing steadily in the first half of the year, with Shandong Wudi’s 50,000 tons/day seawater desalination projects and Zhejiang Liuheng’s 500 tons/day seawater desalination projects completed and put into operation. The recovery trend of the offshore engineering equipment manufacturing industry is obvious. The amount of new offshore engineering orders and the amount of orders held in my country increased by 205.0% and 11.6% year-on-year respectively. Among them, the acceptance of multiple super large orders in the second quarter reversed the sluggish trend of the offshore engineering equipment market. The research and development of marine drugs and biological products is progressing in an orderly manner, and the immune and anti-tumor marine polysaccharide drug "BG136 for injection" successfully completed the first phase of clinical trials. The marine information service industry has accelerated its development. The first Beidou water intelligent perception and early warning system has been put into use. Large AI models in the marine field - "Hanhai Nebula" and "Wenhai" have been released in Qingdao, Shandong.

Some traditional marine industries have seen steady growth. In the first half of the year, the marine shipbuilding industry continued its good development trend. The number of new orders for seagoing ships, the number of shipbuilding completions and the number of orders on hand increased by more than 24%, 31% and 23% respectively year-on-year. The international market share of the three major shipbuilding indicators Stay ahead of the curve. Ocean freight volume and cargo turnover increased by 6.2% and 6.8% respectively year-on-year, and many direct international shipping routes were opened, including Australia-Zhanjiang-Zunyi, Tianjin Port-Corinto Port in Nicaragua. The marine tourism industry has made a strong recovery, with marine passenger traffic reaching 106.4% of the same period in 2019. Affected by rising demand and favorable policies, cruise tourism has accelerated its recovery.

　Marine foreign trade is picking up and improving. The total volume of seaborne imports and exports turned from a decrease to an increase. In the first half of the year, seaborne importsTotal exports increased by 2.1% year-on-year, 1.4 percentage points higher than the first quarter. Marine-related products such as ships, wind turbines and parts performed well, with import and export values ​​increasing by 87.3% and 32.6% respectively year-on-year.

　Actively provide marine public services. A total of 64 marine disaster warnings were issued in the first half of the year, including 32 wave warnings, 7 storm surge warnings, 21 sea ice warnings and 4 tsunami warnings. my country's first national ocean big data service platform "Ocean Cloud" and the first batch of "Ocean Data Open Sharing Catalog" were publicly released. The National Ocean Science Data Center Internet Portal Service System downloaded 16TB of data in the first half of the year.

Original title: The marine economy developed steadily and rapidly in the first half of the year