China News Service, August 4th: China's marine economy continues to grow steadily, and its resilience continues to show
China-Singapore Finance reporter Ruan Yulin
In the first half of the year, the international situation was complicated and severe, and domestic epidemics frequently spread, especially in coastal cities such as Shanghai and Shenzhen, which had a greater impact on the supply chain of the marine industry chain.
Coastal localities and relevant departments of the State Council have thoroughly implemented the decisions and arrangements of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, adhered to the main tone of "steady growth", and effectively coordinated epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development. The marine economy has stabilized and rebounded.
According to data released by the Ministry of Natural Resources, according to preliminary calculations, the gross marine production in the first half of the year was 4.2 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 1.2%, and the main economic indicators were within a reasonable range.
"The marine economy has shown good resilience against the downward pressure." The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Natural Resources said when interpreting the operation of the marine economy in the first half of the year. In the first half of the year, due to the impact of the epidemic, the downward pressure on my country's marine economy increased, and the production and operation activities of some enterprises were restricted. The vitality of the main body decreased significantly.
The survey shows that more than 50% of the companies surveyed have a year-on-year decrease in operating income and profits, especially the marine tourism industry continues to show weakness, and more than 70% of the companies surveyed in the marine tourism industry have a year-on-year decline in operating income.
The number of newly registered companies in the marine industry under monitoring decreased by 29.6% year-on-year.
With the improvement of the epidemic prevention and control situation in June, coupled with the implementation of a series of national rescue policies to help enterprises, my country's marine economy continued to grow steadily, and development resilience continued to show. 1.2%.
In the first half of the year, the development momentum of marine emerging industries was good.
New breakthroughs have been made in key core technologies in the marine field.
The person in charge said that in the first half of the year, my country has achieved positive results in solving the "stuck neck" technology in the marine field, which has effectively guaranteed the security of the marine industry chain and supply chain.
At the same time, the green transformation of the marine industry will help achieve the "dual carbon" goal.
The application of clean energy in the marine industry has been accelerated, and the low-carbon development of the industry has continued to advance.
In the first half of the year, the output of offshore crude oil and natural gas increased by 7.4% and 12.4% respectively year-on-year. The first-phase project of Lvda 5-2 North Oilfield and the development project of Block 4-1 of Kenli 6-1 Oilfield have been put into production.
The wind power generation in coastal areas increased by nearly 20% year-on-year, but due to the expiration of the offshore wind power subsidy policy at the end of 2021, the new grid-connected capacity of offshore wind power in the first half of the year fell by 83.1% year-on-year.
Data show that in the first half of the year, marine transportation was stable and slowed down.
All coastal regions are actively smoothing the port collection and distribution system, and through land-to-water, river-sea combined transport, etc., to ease the pressure on ports, to ensure smooth transportation and stable supply chains.
The seaborne trade showed a positive development trend, and the total import and export volume increased by 18.2% year-on-year.
The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Natural Resources said that in the face of internal and external periodic and sudden factors, my country's marine economy has shown strong resilience and development potential.
In the second half of the year, with the continuous release of the superimposed effect of the national economic stabilization policy package, the market is expected to gradually recover, and the stable and positive development trend of the marine economy will not change. A good situation for the high-quality development of the marine economy.
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