The blue sea contains rich resources and economic value. Xiang Haituqiang is pregnant with great potential for high-quality development. Born by the sea and thriving towards the sea, the development potential of Qingdao's West Coast New Area with "sea" in the name is in the ocean, the development space is in the ocean, and the development momentum is also in the ocean. The Ocean is the best path for the West Coast New Area to take full advantage in the era of blue economy.
In recent years, the West Coast New Area has given full play to the advantages of marine characteristics, deeply implemented the national strategic mission of "taking the development of the marine economy as the theme and building a new strategic fulcrum for a marine power", promoted the economic and strategic ocean in depth, the ability of marine science and technology innovation has surged up, the high-quality development of the marine economy has been upgraded, and the construction of new channels for marine opening has been accelerated in an all-round way.
In 2021, the new district issued the Action Plan on Breaking through the Strategic Fulcrum of The Development of marine economy and building a marine power, striving to achieve an average annual growth rate of 15% in the marine economy during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, and the total marine economy accounted for more than 42% of GDP, creating a core leading area for Qingdao's construction of a modern marine city, a pioneer area for the construction of a strong marine province, and a strategic fulcrum for a marine power. The West Coast New Area is strong to the sea chart, and the sails are far away to the deep blue!
Strengthen innovation and leadership Promote the self-reliance and self-improvement of marine science and technology
The West Coast New Area adheres to leading the development of marine science and technology with collaborative innovation, gives full play to the role of the Marine Development Committee, establishes a science and technology innovation committee, coordinates the sea-related science and technology resources of the new area, and builds a marine science city facing the forefront of the world.
In recent years, aiming at the major strategic needs of the ocean, the new area has brought together 12 national key innovation platforms such as the National Engineering Laboratory for Marine Geophysical Exploration and Exploration Equipment Engineering, the Marine Science Research Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the China Shipbuilding Marine Equipment Research Institute, etc. have been completed and put into use, and the China Ocean Engineering Research Institute has been put into operation, creating a marine collaborative research and development complex and industrialization demonstration base. There are more than 157 sea-related innovation platforms at or above the municipal level, and the support capacity of marine science and technology has been continuously enhanced.
There are 20 universities in the district, the College of Oceanography of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Innovation and Development Center of Qingdao Harbin Engineering University and other 5 involved sea colleges and universities have achieved enrollment, China University of Petroleum, Shandong University of Science and Technology and other universities in the district have established ocean colleges, set up marine-related majors, and the marine high-level talent training model has been continuously improved, with the total number of marine talents in the new area reaching 62,000 and the number of academicians involved in sea-related cooperation reaching 25.
Set up a 100 million yuan university president fund, build and operate a university science and technology innovation achievement trading center, accelerate the promotion of scientific research results in situ transformation, and increase the annual technology transaction volume by 35%. Targeted to promote marine equipment, marine biological medicine and other key core technologies in the industry, the implementation of 7 technical research projects unveiled, each project to give up to 4 million yuan funding. Qingdao Marine Observation Technology R&D and Evaluation Center was put into use to build a marine observation equipment R&D platform and operation and maintenance base. Mingyue Seaweed Group uses ultra-pure sodium alginate to break the foreign monopoly and open the road of localization.
The obvious advantages of marine science and technology, the gathering of high-end marine scientific research platforms, and the acceleration of the cultivation of marine science and technology enterprises have made the West Coast New Area full of confidence in deeply practicing the national strategic mission of "taking the development of the marine economy as the theme and building a new fulcrum of the marine power strategy".
Strengthen projects to build a modern marine industry system
In 2021, we will implement the action of tackling tough breakthrough years, with the direction of cultivating marine emerging industries, focusing on the development of marine advantageous industrial clusters, breaking through key links and key issues, accelerating the "strong chain extension chain replenishment", and achieving the improvement of the quality and efficiency of the marine industry.
The construction of key marine projects has achieved fruitful results.
Implement the breakthrough action of the marine industry, accelerate the promotion of 33 municipal key sea-related projects with a total investment of 109.4 billion yuan, complete a total investment of 12.15 billion yuan, complete 109% of the annual investment plan, and the number of projects and the amount of investment account for more than 30% of the city; the annual introduction of more than 68 marine projects of more than 100 million yuan such as wanma offshore equipment industrial park and offshore photovoltaic power generation projects, with a planned total investment of 90.69 billion yuan.
New breakthroughs have been made in the construction of the "blue granary" of the far-reaching sea.
The National Far-reaching Sea Green Aquaculture Pilot Zone Project achieved a breakthrough, opened up the industrial chain of land-sea relay, and the first batch of salmon were harvested on a large scale of 156,000 fish, with an output value of more than 100 million yuan, xinhua news agency, central radio and television station and other media key reports, basically forming a "1 + N" far-reaching sea aquaculture model. The national backbone cold chain logistics base project has broken through the problem, and the Ministry of Transport and the provincial government have agreed, local planning adjustments such as the Hujiashan Operation Area in Dongjiakou Port District have been approved, and the construction of important facilities such as breakwaters and wharves has been started.
Marine emerging industrial clusters continue to grow bigger and better.
Qingdao Bei shipbuilding industry was successfully upgraded to a second-tier company of CSSC, and for the first time, it undertook container ship manufacturing orders in batches; the first core module of the Canadian LNG project was delivered. China's low-speed diesel engine market share is the second in the country; the annual output value of the marine industry increased by more than 50%.
Planning the Marine Biological Medicine Industrial Park, Ocean Holding Group has in-depth cooperation with Mingyue Seaweed and Juyanonian Algae Industry to jointly build a seaweed industry development cluster. The output value of the marine biological medicine industry increased by nearly 20% in the whole year.
Construct the Tangdao Bay Financial Science and Technology Innovation Zone, launch the Qingdao International Marine Industry Capital Allocation Center, and newly establish two industrial development funds with a total scale of 10.5 billion yuan, the Shandong Land-Sea Linkage Fund and the Marine Emerging Industry Fund. There were 357 new enterprises in the National Import Trade Promotion and Innovation Demonstration Zone, and the annual import volume exceeded 180 billion yuan, an increase of more than 40%.
Strengthen openness and cooperation and build a highland for international cooperation in the oceans
Openness is a distinctive feature of the West Coast New Area and a source of power for high-quality development. To develop the marine economy, we must take the road of openness and cooperation. In the past year, under the new development pattern, the West Coast New Area has accurately grasped the opportunity of national strategic superposition, danced with the world with an open attitude, and accelerated the construction of new channels for ocean opening up:
The marine field of Qingdao Free Trade Area is booming, and all 18 pilot tasks have been implemented. The Northeast Asia International Ship Trading Center was settled, the Shandong International Commodity Trading Platform was put into operation, the "list-based" regulatory innovation model for the import of biological samples was optimized, the 2021 International Genomics Conference was successfully held, and the global "Marine Microbial Genome Project" and "10,000 Mollusk Genome Project" were launched. The annual import volume of the National Import Trade Promotion and Innovation Demonstration Zone exceeded 180 billion yuan, an increase of more than 40%.
Shandong Port Qingdao Port added 23 new routes, the total number of routes reached 190, the completed cargo throughput of 630 million tons, an increase of 4.3% year-on-year, the completion of container throughput of 23.71 million TEUs, an increase of 7.8% year-on-year, to achieve double growth in cargo throughput and container throughput, ranking among the top six in the world, the first in Northeast Asia.
Accelerate the materialization of the East Asian Ocean Cooperation Platform, adhere to internationalization, engineering, and marketization, and promote the ministry of natural resources, the provincial government and the municipal government to jointly build the Qingdao Marine International Cooperation Center. Initiated the establishment of the International Alliance of Maritime Associations, and 26 international sea-related associations from more than 10 countries applied to join. Successfully held the Global Marine Science and Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, and 5 high-level marine talent projects were settled first.
Standing in openness, thriving on openness, stronger than openness. From the glorious and splendid Langya culture all the way, the open gene has always flowed in the blood of the West Coast.
In the past five years, the West Coast New Area has been deeply integrated into the construction of the Jiaodong Peninsula Economic Circle, actively embraced the "Belt and Road" construction opportunities, strengthened the tracking service of overseas investment enterprises, and become an important force for provinces and cities to "go out"; the two major national open ports of Shandong Port Qingdao Gangqian Bay Port Area and Dongjiakou Port Area are listed in east and west, just like the two wings drive the west coast to connect more than 180 countries and regions around the world; the radiation of the "international living room" of Qingdao Germany and Japan is increasingly enhanced, and the international "circle of friends" on the west coast is growing day by day The China-Japan-Korea Consumption Zone E-commerce Experience Center and qingdao cross-border e-commerce industrial park were put into operation, and cross-border e-commerce enterprises gathered... The West Coast New Area seizes the opportunity, deeply integrates into the new development pattern of "double circulation", adheres to leading higher quality development with a higher level of opening up, and strides towards a new era of open development.
Led by the new development concept, the West Coast New Area strives to forge a new path of "rejuvenating the sea with science and technology, strengthening the sea with industry, opening up the sea, nourishing the sea ecologically, and coordinating the land and sea". In the future, the West Coast New Area will promote the high-quality development of the region with the high-quality development of the ocean, help Qingdao build a global ocean center city, contribute important forces to the marine strong province, and live up to the historical mission of the new fulcrum of the marine power strategy.