National Development and Reform Commission: In 2025, China's gross marine product will exceed 11 trillion yuan, accounting for 7.9% of GDP

The Zhitong Finance App learned that recently, the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Natural Resources released the “China Marine Economic Development Report 2026”, which systematically summarizes the results of China's marine economic development during the “14th Five-Year Plan” period. The report shows that in 2025, China's gross marine product will exceed 11 trillion yuan, accounting for 7.9% of the gross domestic product. The marine economy has become an important growth pole for the national economy, and the foundation for building a strong maritime nation is stronger and more successful.

The construction of the modern marine industry system is accelerating, the international competitiveness of marine industries such as ships and offshore engineering equipment, marine transportation, marine fishery, etc., continues to accumulate momentum, and the scale of offshore wind power grid-connected installations remains the world's top. The daily production scale of seawater desalination projects has exceeded 3 million tons, self-developed marine drug categories account for 28% of the world, and the development of high-end shipping services such as temporary maritime arbitration and international ship registration has achieved effective results.

The development of marine science and technology innovation is accelerating, the hierarchical layout of marine laboratories such as national laboratories, national key laboratories, and provincial and ministerial key laboratories continues to be optimized. The construction of comprehensive marine test sites in Weihai, Zhoushan, Zhuhai, Sanya and other countries is progressing in an orderly manner. The “Jiaolong” and “Striver” manned submersibles collaborated to complete China's first manned deep dive in the Arctic ice zone, and the self-developed “Mazu” series marine warning models have been put into business application. Professional marine construction and marine talent cultivation are constantly being strengthened.

The conservation and intensive use of marine resources has progressed steadily, and the marine resource development and protection system has been continuously improved. The natural shoreline ownership rate in mainland China has stabilized at over 35%. The management of island development and protection has been continuously improved, 33 Hemei islands have been created to demonstrate beautiful ecology, beautiful living, and beautiful production. The area of 13,200 square kilometers of marine islands was strictly encircled and controlled.

The construction of marine ecological civilization continues to be strengthened, the quality of the marine environment has improved markedly, marine ecological protection has continued to improve. 151,000 square kilometers of marine ecological protection red line have been established, 352 Huangyan Island national nature reserves have been built and management measures have been introduced, ecological survey reports on coral reefs such as Iron Line Reefs, Ushiyoke Reef, and Huangyan Island have been published to promote the expansion of the Yellow (Bo) Sea Migratory Bird Habitat World Natural Heritage Site in China. The first national marine disaster risk survey was completed.

Foreign cooperation in the marine field continues to expand. Cooperation agreements in the marine field have been signed with more than 50 countries and international organizations, constructively participated in the negotiation process of the “Agreement on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea” and promoted the signing and ratification of the agreement, becoming one of the first parties. Actively participated in the United Nations “Ocean Decade” initiative and established the “Ocean Decade” China Committee.

This article was edited by the National Development and Reform Commission; Zhitong Finance Editor: Chen Siyu.