The construction of Global Maritime Capital—Current development in China

Abstract

The construction of a Global Maritime Capital has become an important link in responding to China’s maritime strategy and the “One Belt One Road Initiative”. In the process of constructing a Global Maritime Capital, while giving full play to the characteristic industries of the city, the Global Maritime Capital’s influence on the region and the world will be improved through the governance of the Global Maritime Capital’s economy, resources, ecology, culture, technology and other fields. The construction of a Global Maritime Capital, as a systematic ocean governance method involving multiple fields, should also be subject to the standards of good ocean governance. Through an assessment from the perspective of ocean governance, it is argued that the construction of China’s Global Maritime Capital still entails further improvement in the advancement of rule of law, public participation, and responsiveness to new standards and rules.