Abstract

Marine economy plays an important role in the growth of the global economy. With its continuous development in the past years, the driving roll of marine economy in China’s economy has become remarkable. It is of strategic significance for China’s economic sustainable development to strengthen the exploration of marine resources and promote the quality and profit of the marine economy. To explore sustainable marine resources, one important economic management method is to implement paid use system, specify marine resource property rights and collect Charges for Sea Area Utilization (CSAU). With the approval of the “Guangdong Marine Economic Experimental Zone Program”, Guangdong province targets the building of an economically strong marine province. The collection and rational expenditure of CSAU not only play a positive role in the rapid and sustainable development of the marine economy, but also offer financial guarantee and support for the building of an economically strong marine province. In this paper, the CSAU collection and expenditure in the past decade after the issuance of the Sea Area Use Management Law and the corresponding performance were evaluated and analyzed, and the problems in the CSAU collection and management were discussed. Furthermore, countermeasures were proposed to perfect the CSAU expenditure management policy, define the distribution proportion at all levels, optimize the expenditure structure, and strengthen the supervision and management mechanism. The results and conclusion of this paper could not only greatly promote the construction of marine economy, rational development and sustainable use of marine resources, but also provide a reference for other coastal provinces in China.

Highlights

  • With the continuous acceleration of industrialization and urbanization in China, more and more attention has been focused on the coastal areas, and a new wave of immigration for marine exploration has been initiated

  • As the province with the highest Gross Ocean Product (GOP) in China, Guangdong province is located in the Pearl River Delta, with superior geographical position, rich marine resources and the longest coastline, it is very active in the marine activities, which require a higher standard in the Charges for Sea Area Utilization (CSAU) management [4,5]

  • With the approval of the “Guangdong Marine Economic Experimental Zone Program”, Guangdong province has been focusing on accelerating economic transformation and upgrade, using the marine economy comprehensive experimental zone as a platform to optimize the spatial layout of marine exploration, strengthening marine comprehensive management including CSAU management, and exploring the economically strong marine province

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Summary

Introduction

With the continuous acceleration of industrialization and urbanization in China, more and more attention has been focused on the coastal areas, and a new wave of immigration for marine exploration has been initiated. With the approval of the “Guangdong Marine Economic Experimental Zone Program”, Guangdong province has been focusing on accelerating economic transformation and upgrade, using the marine economy comprehensive experimental zone as a platform to optimize the spatial layout of marine exploration, strengthening marine comprehensive management including CSAU management, and exploring the economically strong marine province In this context, Guangdong should grasp this chance, on the basis of the current marine development progress, with the assistance of related policy, finance and management, to maximize the leverage function of CSAU and coordinate its collection and expenditure in order to promote the scientific and healthy development of the marine economy. As a financial instrument of marine governance, CSAU could be a reference for other countries in exploring sea area and sustainably developing the marine economy

Current Situation of Sea Area Paid-Use Management in Guangdong Province
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Problems in CSAU Collection and Management in Guangdong Province
Irrational Structure of CSAU Expenditure
Countermeasures
Establishment of Multi-Dimensional Property System for the Sea Area Resources
Perfection of the CSAU Management Policy and Bylaw
Rational Distribution of CSAU Expenditure at All Levels
Optimization of the CSAU Expenditure Structure
Enhancement of the Supervision and Management System in CSAU Expenditure
Findings
Conclusions
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