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China
Capital:
Beijing
Inland Water Area:
27,060km²
Length of Coastline:
32,000km
In line with the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Administration of Sea Areas (2001), all 11 coastal provinces (18,000km continental coastline) have developed and passed provincial sea area use ordinances which coordinate allocation of sea areas for various sectoral uses. Use permits providing use rights to about 10,000km2 of sea space including the use for mariculture are issued annually and generate user fees of around 1 billion RMB per year, which safeguard the legitimate right of users legally. Regular field inspections are conducted of the use permits.
In 2002, the country issued a national mechanism to guarantee the implementation of ICM across China. The Law of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) on the Administration of the Use of Sea Areas mandates the collection and utilization system of sea-use payment, and the establishment of a sea area functional zoning system and the ecological red line system. Under these key systems, ecological restoration projects were launched nationwide through “Blue Bay,” “Ecological Islands” and “Planting of Mangroves in the South and Tamarisks in the North.” In November 2017, the Master Plan of Guangdong Province on Coastal Integrated Protection and Utilization was issued by the State Oceanic Administration of PRC together with the People’s Government of Guangdong Province, marking the first ever provincial ICM master plan in China.
The country also introduced a new concept called “Bay Chief System,” which centered on clarifying the responsibilities of local governments on every level of marine eco- environmental protection. The Bay Chief System is now implemented in Lianyungang City.
China's growing marine economy was valued at US$435 billion in 2008, accounting for 9.87% of the national GDP and responsible for 32.18 million jobs.
Focal Points:
Ms. Chen Danhong (National Focal Point)
Director-General, Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR)
Ms. Xu Heyun (Operational Focal Point)
Division Director, Department of International Cooperation, MNR
RELATED PUBLICATIONS
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Proceedings of the Thirty Second Meeting of the Executive Committee
The 32nd PEMSEA Executive Committee (EC) Meeting was conducted virtually on 19 March 2024 via Zoom. Participants of the meeting included the EC members , particularly the Chair and Co-Chair, Intergovernmental Session Chair and Co-Chair, the Technical Session Chair of the EAS Partnership Council (PC), and the Executive Director of the PEMSEA Resource Facility (PRF). Observers from the China PEMSEA Center, Ministry of Environment (MoE) of Cambodia, and Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) of the Philippines also attended the meeting. PRF served as the Secretariat of the meeting.
DOCUMENT NUMBER DOCUMENT TITLE EC/32/DOC/01a List of meeting documents EC/32/DOC/01b Provisional agenda EC/32/DOC/02 Updates on the EAS Asian Seas Congress 2024 EC/32/DOC/02a Provisional Structure of the EAS Asian Seas Congress 2024 EC/32/DOC/03 Development of the 8th Ministerial Declaration EC/32/DOC/03a Concept Note and Draft Zero of the 8th MF EC/32/DOC/04 Global Trends and Opportunities Impacting the EAS Region EC/32/DOC/05 Updates on the 16th EAS PC Meeting