China News Service, Guangzhou, November 24th (Reporter Tang Guijiang) The reporter learned from the Guangdong Provincial Department of Natural Resources on the 24th that on November 24th, the Ministry of Natural Resources and the People's Government of Guangdong Province jointly signed the "Ministry of Natural Resources and the People's Government of Guangdong Province to Jointly Build a Country Marine Comprehensive Test Site (Zhuhai) Agreement", which marks that the National Marine Comprehensive Test Site (Zhuhai) has officially settled in Guangdong, and it also marks a new level of cooperation between ministries and provinces to jointly implement the major deployment of building a maritime power.

  According to the layout of "north, southeast, shallow sea + deep sea", the Ministry of Natural Resources is systematically promoting the construction of the National Marine Comprehensive Experimental Site in four areas.

Guangdong is a large marine province, bordering on the South China Sea, adjacent to Hong Kong and Macao, active in marine science and technology innovation, and developing rapidly in marine emerging industries such as marine engineering equipment, offshore wind power, and marine electronic information. The province has basically formed a modern marine industrial system with a complete range of industries and prominent advantageous industries , In 2021, the province's gross marine production value will reach 1.99 trillion yuan, ranking first in the country for 27 consecutive years. The high-quality development of the marine economy has continuously made new achievements, and it has the basic conditions and urgent needs for building a national marine comprehensive test site.

  Zhuhai Wanshan Construction Test Site has superior geographical and marine resource conditions. After years of construction, it has begun to take shape, and a number of wave energy technology demonstration projects have been carried out.

This time, relying on the Wanshan Test Site to build a national-level comprehensive marine test site, it will continue to meet the development needs of the marine industry in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, serve the construction of a strong marine country and a strong marine province in Guangdong, and has an irreplaceable role in the overall national planning. Strategic Positioning.

  According to reports, the joint construction of the National Marine Comprehensive Experimental Site (Zhuhai) by the ministries and provinces is to fully implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and to implement the specific measures of the Party Central Committee and the State Council's major strategic deployment of building a marine power. Service capabilities, integrating and gathering marine science and technology innovation resources in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, opening up the "last mile" of the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, and strengthening the core competitiveness of strategic emerging industries such as marine equipment and new energy.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Guangdong Province will aim to serve the Bay Area, deepen the cultivation of the South China Sea, and expand Deep Blue, and will go all out to build the Zhuhai Test Site into a world-class marine comprehensive test site with complete functions, openness and sharing, and a centralized bearing area for marine technology innovation. Create a "Guangdong sample" of high-quality development of the marine industry in the new era, support and serve the development of the national marine economy and technological innovation, and make new and greater contributions to the construction of a powerful marine country.

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