# Xinhua Silk Road: 2026 Global Ocean Development Forum held in Qingdao, E China

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- Published: 2026-10-29T16:12:00+07:00
- Author: PR Newswire

BEIJING, Oct. 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The 2026 Global Ocean Development Forum was
held recently in Qingdao, a coastal city of east China’s Shandong Province, aiming
to boost the sustainable development of the marine economy.

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The forum adopted a "1+1+4+8" framework, consisting of the opening ceremony and 
main forum, an ocean civilization-themed dialogue session, four parallel forums 
and eight side events.

During the main forum, a number of key outcomes were released, including two reports
entitled "World Marine Economy Development Report 2026" and "China Ocean Development
Index Report 2026".

The former covers nine major global marine industries and nearly 30 coastal countries,
illustrating the development of the global marine economy in 2025 to offer references
for ocean economic policy-making, corporate investment decisions and marine economic
research.

The latter assesses six dimensions including economy and people’s livelihood, sci-
tech innovation, and ecological environment, with the China Ocean Development Index
up 2.5 percent year on year to 132.3 in 2025.

Apart from the reports, multi-source datasets for global marine environmental monitoring
were unveiled at the main forum.

By integrating multiple monitoring means such as remote sensing and on-site observation
with AI calibration, the datasets are able to present the changing marine environment
in aspects such as thermal conditions, ocean waves, typhoon gales and ecological
environment.

To mobilize more global stakeholders to share marine governance outcomes to benefit
more coastal regions, the "Global Initiative for the Ocean Decade Marine Public 
Welfare Action" that focuses on urban collaboration, science empowerment, ecological
conservation, public participation and the blue economy was unveiled during the 
main forum.

Since its debut in 2024, the Global Ocean Development Forum has drawn broad participation
from related international organizations, domestic and overseas public departments,
universities and research institutions.

Organized by the People’s Government of Shandong Province and the Ministry of Natural
Resources, this year’s forum served as a platform for countries at different development
stages to share marine opportunities and jointly shoulder governance responsibilities.

In the future, Shandong, a province whose 2025 gross marine product reached 1.9 
trillion yuan and ranked second nationwide, pledged to further leverage green shipping,
marine new energy and other sectors to contribute together with all parties to a
more resilient, sustainable new landscape for blue ocean development. 

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