Guangzhou released the “15th Five-Year Plan” for marine economic development, aiming to achieve a gross marine product value of over 730 billion yuan in 2030.

China News Service, Guangzhou, September 14 (Reporter Wang Hua) The "15th Five-Year Plan for the Development of Guangzhou's Marine Economy" (hereinafter referred to as the "Plan") released by the Guangzhou Municipal Government on the 14th proposed that by 2030, Guangzhou's total marine production value will exceed 730 billion yuan (RMB, the same below).

The plan clarifies the overall goals, key areas, key industries and key actions for Guangzhou's marine economic development during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period (2026 to 2030), forming a total of 18 indicators, 18 key tasks and nearly 40 key actions covering five major areas: comprehensive strength, technological innovation, industrial development, human-sea harmony, and open cooperation.

According to the plan, by 2030, Guangzhou will basically be built into a modern city that highlights marine characteristics. The scale of the city's marine manufacturing industry will increase to 143 billion yuan, and there will be 170 marine-related science and technology innovation platforms.

The plan proposes that Guangzhou will build a shipbuilding and offshore engineering equipment industry cluster and build a shipbuilding and offshore engineering equipment manufacturing base in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area; build a world-class shipping hub, improve the collection and distribution system, and strengthen multimodal transport. It is expected that the sea-rail combined transport volume will reach 1 million TEUs by the end of 2030, and the number of container routes will reach 330; build a marine cultural tourism resort; strengthen emerging marine industries, and create tropical marine biological resources The unique "South China Sea Medicine Depot"; build a modern marine ranch entire industrial chain; accelerate the research and development of heavy-duty anti-corrosion coatings and new marine materials that are degradable by marine organisms and adapt to extreme environments; expand new marine carbon sink business formats and build a regional blue carbon trading platform; promote the integration of "ocean + low-altitude aerospace", promote the large-scale application of drones in the sea, and focus on related marine industries such as maritime rocket launch, recovery, testing, operation and maintenance expansion.

The plan also proposes that by 2030, Guangzhou’s foreign trade container routes will increase to 220 and expand the “blue circle of friends”. These include: deepening cooperation with Hong Kong in the fields of shipping logistics, maritime services, etc., promoting mutual recognition of maritime arbitration, ship certification and other qualifications; promoting mutual recognition of "one-way" multimodal transport with the Hainan Free Trade Port, building the Chongqing-Suizhou and Suirong sea-rail intermodal transport channels, and orienting ASEAN in marine scientific research, blueprint Deepen cooperation in areas such as color economy and maritime security; actively lead international major science projects, participate in plans, projects and activities under the framework of the United Nations’ “Decade of Marine Science for Sustainable Development”, and participate in the formulation of international rules and standards for smart shipping, green ports, and marine carbon sinks.

Guangzhou's total marine product value will reach 523.1 billion yuan in 2025, accounting for 16.3% of the regional GDP. The marine economy has become one of the core engines of Guangzhou's economic development.