Development Of Marine Economy Research Articles

Sustainable development of marine economy in Da Nang city - from perception to reality

Da Nang is a city located in the central key economic region of Vietnam, which has an important geo-political-economic position. In addition, this area is also the center of road, rail, sea, and air traffic in Vietnam. With a favorable geographical position and natural conditions, Da Nang has many potentials and advantages for sustainable development of the marine economy in association with the protection of sovereignty and national interests at sea. Using analytical, synthesis, and logical methods, the article clarifies the potential and advantages of Da Nang city in marine economic development, thereby assessing the status of marine economic development and raising a number of issues posed by the sustainable development of the marine economy in Da Nang.

Driving forces on the development of China's marine economy: Efficiency and spatial perspective

The Marine economy serves as the blue engine for national economic growth in China. The improvement of the marine economy's total factor productivity is of great significance for achieving high-quality development. This paper measures the marine economic efficiency of 11 coastal areas in China from 2007 to 2017 with the EBM (Epsilon-based measure) model in DEA (Data Envelopment Analysis) and explores its temporal and spatial evolutionary trends. On this basis, The spatial Dubin model (SDM) is constructed to explore the influencing factors and mechanisms to marine economic efficiency. The results show that: (1) Marine economic efficiency in China's coastal areas presents obvious characteristics of phase changes, which is dominated by the scale effect. (2) There is significant spatial heterogeneity in the efficiency of the marine economy in the northern, eastern, and southern marine economic zones. (3) Economic development level, economic growth expectations, and the degree of openness have a significant positive impact on the marine economic efficiency; the optimization of the marine industry structure that solely emphasizes the share of tertiary industry has a negative inhibitory effect on the efficiency of the marine economy; marine R&D investment has not yet produced an impact on economic efficiency. Finally, this paper proposes suggestions on policy-making based on relevant research conclusions. China should pursue high-quality development of the marine economy over high-speed growth. It is suggested that coastal regions should strengthen inter-regional cooperation to promote industrial clustering and give full play to the central driving role of innovation in marine economic development.

Research on the network map of literature information distribution in China's marine economic development demonstration zone

PurposeChina has established 14 marine economic development demonstration zones in 2018, which has become an important step in exploring the high-quality development of the marine economy. The paper statistically analyzes the documents related to the field of marine economy and special economic zones (SEZs) and strives to find out the hot spots, intersections and related development contexts of the two in the research direction, so as to provide some ideas for later research.Design/methodology/approachBy taking the bibliographic information data of “Marine Economy” and “Special Economic Zone” in the Web of Science database as a sample, the paper applies the Citespace bibliometric tool to analyze the evolution of disciplinary distribution, research country, author collaboration and research hotspot trends in the two fields.FindingsIt can be found from the paper results that the current research on marine economy and SEZs involves the intersection of many disciplines. China and the United States are the leaders in this field. However, there is more extensive cooperation between authors from different countries, but the cooperation depth needs to be strengthened. At the same time, compared with the terrestrial economy, the trend of its research hotspots is lagging to a certain extent. Moreover, there is still no systematic and professional research paradigm on marine economy.Research limitations/implicationsAt present, there are a few research studies on marine economic development demonstration areas or marine SEZs, and related bibliographical references are incomplete, which leads to insufficient samples, and bibliometric methods cannot fully reveal the general research rules and development trends in this field.Originality/valueThe research on the marine economic development demonstration area is still in its infancy. The paper jointly analyzes the literature in the two fields of marine economy and SEZs, aims to find the intersection and related research hotspots of the two, and provides references for the future research of marine development demonstration areas, which is of certain practical significance.

Research on Marine Ecological Carrying Capacity of Ningbo City in China Based on System Dynamics

In order to quantitatively analyze the comprehensive impact of population growth, economic development, and environmental pollution on marine ecology, a system dynamics (SD) model was constructed to evaluate and predict the marine ecological carrying capacity (MECC) of Ningbo city, China. Population, gross domestic product, chemical oxygen demand, and marine economic development were selected as the influencing factors of Ningbo MECC. Using the established SD model, the current situation and development forecast of Ningbo MECC from 2012 to 2023 were simulated and analyzed. A consistency test showed that the difference between the simulated value and historical data was within 5%, and the data were consistent in reflecting the evolution of the actual system with high credibility and effective simulation. The results indicated that the model could objectively reflect the relationship between marine ecology, economic development, and population growth. According to the prediction by the SD model, the MECC index would slightly rise year by year under the current development mode, while it would be still below 1.0 by 2023. By reducing the economic growth rate and increasing the pollutant treatment rate, the goal of improving MECC could be effectively achieved.

Research results of biological resources and and biodiversity of Vietnam sea: current status, treats, proposed solutions to use lasting

The marine biology investigation and research activities in our country since 1990 have made remarkable changes; especially there have been changes in thinking, scale, content, level, research, skills research, and international relations in research. We have proactively overcome the limitation of general, preliminary, and undirected investigation to shift to new thinking about research gradually. Research on changes in typical ecosystems is extended to the whole sea, to deep water, offshore and remote islands such as Pracel (Hoang Sa) and Spratly (Truong Sa). We have focused on researching issues about the causes of formation, the law of fluctuations, and the mechanism of action of marine processes, studying the basis of the application of technology, and creating new technologies to solve these problems in practice. Therefore, there have been outstanding results compared to the period before 1990. It has been identified that there is a high level of biodiversity in the sea of Vietnam with over 11,000 species, forecast to reach 12,000 marine species, and 134 species are listed in the Red Book of Vietnam, but the structure of biodiversity and marine resources in our country are also susceptible and vulnerable. Also, nearly 20 specific ecological systems and sub-systems have been identified in the sea and coastal areas; Seafood reserves of almost 4 million tons are an essential basis for developing eco-tourism, fishing, and aquaculture. Due to economic and social activities, many threats to marine biodiversity have been caused: narrowing of ecosystem area, decrease in density, number of species and reserves, decrease in ecosystem value, and habitat degradation. The real solutions to conserve and sustainably use biodiversity and marine resources include institutional and policy solutions, strengthening the construction of protected areas, artificial reefs, and areas where exploitation is prohibited over time, sustainable exploitation and cultivation of marine resources, and sustainable marine economic development.

Vulnerability assessment and impact factor analysis of marine economic system based on fuzzy comprehensive evaluation model

It is crucial to examine the vulnerability of the marine economy and analyze the main influencing factors to promote the sustainable development of marine economy. In this rearch, a vulnerability assessment index system of marine economic system was constructed from four aspects: stress, sensitivity, elasticity and response ability. Combined with the coefficient of variation method, 40 assessment indexes in the index system were objectively selected and reduced. Based on the assessment set obtained from the fuzzy comprehensive evaluation model, the weighted average method and weighted linear sum method were used to measure the vulnerability level type and evolution characteristics of the marine economic system. The key influencing factors were analyzed using a principal component analysis. We found that the vulnerability of Jiangsu's marine economic system in 2007–2016 was moderate and low, and it was significantly improved during 2012–2015, especially in 2015, it was mild vulnerable and below. The GDP of coastal areas, fixed asset investment of the whole society, value added of marine and related industries, coastal wind power generation capacity, per capita consumption expenditure of urban residents and list all were the key factors affecting the vulnerability of the marine economy. We analyzed the characteristics and influencing factors of vulnerability change and put forward targeted suggestions.

CRITICAL ASSESSMENTS ON THE IDEOLOGY OF PROTECTING VIETNAM'S SOVEREIGNTY OVER SEA AND ISLANDS IN THE 13TH NATIONAL CONGRESS OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF VIETNAM

As a maritime country, maritime security is of special importance to Vietnam, having a great impact on marine economic development, ensuring national defense and security, and protecting the peaceful environment of the country. However, at present, the situation of territorial sovereignty disputes and non-traditional security issues such as terrorism, piracy, smuggling, disputes over fishing grounds and exploitation of marine resources is increasingly complex and difficult to predict. These challenges require the Vietnamese Communist Party to have a comprehensive strategy to protect Vietnam's sovereignty over the sea and islands. The article points out the important role of protecting sea and island sovereignty for the sustainable development of Vietnam and analyses ideologies related to protecting Vietnam's sovereignty over sea and islands in the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam.

Critical factor identification of marine ranching ecological security with hierarchical DEMATEL

Marine ranching as an ecological fishery proliferation mode has attracted the attention of various countries after its emergence and has become a hotspot for marine economic development. The marine ranching ecological security (MRES) refers to a healthy state where the system, in which the resources and environment are stable and sustainable, can realize its functions properly and has a certain resilience to external threats. MRES is the basis for achieving the economic and social benefits of marine ranching, but there are few studies concern about assessing it currently. Therefore, this study combines the driver-pressure-state-impact-response (DPSIR) model, the technology-environment-resources-economy (TERE) model, and the hierarchical DEMATEL method to identify the critical factors for the MRES system. Finally, according to the relations among critical factors, this study makes recommendations for improvements with specific measures based on the advanced experience and the development status of marine ranching in China. Effective critical factors identification of MRES will help point out the direction for improving ecological security, and promote the sustainable development of marine ranching.

Has Technological Progress Contributed to the Bias of Green Output in China’s Marine Economy?

At present, the destruction of the marine ecological environment and the imbalance of economic structure have put forward urgent requirements for the green development of the marine economy. Based on the input and output data of China’s coastal provinces from 2006 to 2018, the RDM (range directional model) direction distance function was used to measure the output bias technology progress (OBTC) index of each region, and its influence on China’s marine economy green total factor productivity (GTFP) was judged accordingly. Furthermore, the rationality of the current OBTC index was studied. The results show that there is obvious output-biased technological progress in China’s marine economy, and it has led to the improvement of the GTFP. Although most coastal areas still tend to pursue the improvement of the total output value of the marine economy at the expense of environmental damage, the green bias of China’s marine economy has improved significantly since 2015, driven by relevant marine environmental protection policies. From the perspective of different areas, the imbalance of regional development in the process of China’s marine economic development is significant. The green bias of the marine economy is highest in the East China Sea area and lowest in the Bohai rim area. However, the coordination between the development of the green marine economy and environmental protection in the South China Sea area needs to be improved.

Research on Marine Economic Development Information Management System Based on Supply Chain Technology

In the economic growth of the industry, the marine economic prediction management system occupies a significant position. The Marine Forecast Management System is of considerable importance to help establish rules and clues on the potential progress of the Marine Forecast Management System. Many investigations into the risk of the maritime supply chain currently concentrate on risk assessment and control and seldom undertake a detailed study of each factor’s reasoning structure. It is difficult to monitor and regulate the globalization of supply chains. Blockchain technology promises to provide accountability, traceability, and safety certain global supply chain management concerns as a distributed digital technology leader. This article critically analyzes blockchain technologies and intelligent contracts with future supply chain management applications. The interpretation framework model uses the Supply Chain Management based on Marine Economic Development (SCM-MED) methods to analyze the maritime supply chain risk mechanism. The model examines the structure and processes of the marine supply chain risk mechanism, offers a scientific framework for controlling the risk of the marine supply chain, and makes corresponding proposals for reducing and monitoring marine supply chain risk. It aims to test this belief by strictly calculating the exchanging value of information and comparing this improved value in the supply chain to reduce lead times and increase the pace of distribution by decreasing load sizes. The experimental result recommended SCM-MED improves the marine economic development ratio (98.2%) and total losses per year (25%).

The internal dynamics and regional differences of China's marine economic evolution based on comprehensive evaluation

The marine economy has always occupied an important position in China’s economic development. It is not only an important element of the national economy but also the primary economic form in coastal areas. In recent years, China’s economy has been growing at a rapid pace, and the marine economy’s share of GDP has expanded as well. However, it is undeniable that the sustainable development of marine economy is also confronted with unprecedented challenges, such as sea pollution and the degradation of coastal ecosystem, etc. This article aims to prevent the predatory growth of the marine economy, to promote sustainable development, and to achieve the coordination and unity between marine economy and marine ecology, culture, resources and technology. This study explores the internal motivation of the sustainable evolution of marine economy and develops a new indicator system using data from 11 coastal areas in China from 2008 to 2018. The level of sustainability of the marine economy in China's coastal areas is evaluated using a combination of entropy and the improved topsis method. Results show that technological innovation driving has gradually replaced the resource-invested growth model. From 2008 to 2018, the sustainability of marine economic development in China's coastal areas showed a stratified trend, with obvious differences between different regions. Among them, the sustainability of Guangzhou was as high as 0.445, the development efficiency of Tianjin and Shanghai was higher, and the total marine economy of Zhejiang and Jiangsu was high but the sustainability was weak. Finally, we discussed the causes that contribute to regional disparities and offered recommendations.

Ecological carrying capacity and sustainability assessment for coastal zones: A novel framework based on spatial scene and three-dimensional ecological footprint model

The ecological carrying capacity (ECC) assessment in coastal zones is essential for sustainable coastal management, but there remains a lack of a more effective assessment method to be applied across broad contexts. In this study, we proposed the concept of spatial scene, a geographical unit with a coordinate position, and high unification in social-economic attributes, land cover, ecological function, and externalities, to substitute for the land use/land cover (LULC) in the traditional three-dimensional ecological footprint (EF3D) model, thereby establishing a novel framework for coastal ECC (CECC) assessment. The coastal zone of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) was chosen to examine the applicability and reliability of our framework. Results showed that the CECC estimated by spatial scene in the study area reached 0.1877 gha per capita, totaled 3.99 million gha in 2019, and the scenes of marine capture and forest provided the largest CECC. The per capita ecological footprint size (EFsize), ecological footprint depth (EFdepth), and EF3D reached 0.1684 gha, 14.35, and 2.42 gha, respectively, representing unsustainable development in the GBA coastal zone. The EF3D mainly distributed in scenes of grassland, forest, industrial, marine capture, coastal intertidal and offshore (CIO) port-shipping, traffic station, dryland, and CIO industrial-urban, while only the scenes of services and CIO tourism-entertainment were within CECC and therefore sustainable. Hong Kong, Huizhou, and Dongguan had the largest per capita EF3D. Compared to our results, the CECC and EFsize estimated by the traditional EF3D model were respectively 18% and 6% lower, while their EFdepth and EF3D were respectively 21% and 13% higher, which should be attributed to the significant differences in classification standard and scale between spatial scene and LULC. Our results showed higher correlations and more significant relationships with total gross domestic product (GDP), marine GDP, and main energy EF than those based on the traditional LULC, indicating a better reflection of the economic development status, energy consumption structure, and marine economic development modes by our framework. It is recommended to accelerate the industrial transformation and upgrading, and strengthen the conservation of ecological, agricultural, and marine space, in order to promote the sustainable development of GBA coastal zone. Our study revealed that our framework is capable of serving as a more effective and accurate method for assessing CECC and sustainability.

Effects of antifouling technology application on Marine ecological environment

Resolving the contradiction between Marine economic development and Marine ecological environment protection has become an unavoidable and sharp problem. The uncontrolled use of Marine antifouling technology will bring uncontrollable and even irreversible damage to the Marine biosphere, which will lead to ecological disaster and threaten the survival of human beings. Therefore, it is an urgent task to find antifouling technology with lower environmental toxicity under the premise of considering economy. More attention should be paid to the long-term impact of mature and new technologies on the Marine ecological environment. This paper introduces the development status of antifouling technology, its influence on Marine ecological environment and puts forward the design strategy of comprehensive biological fouling prevention and control technology.

Study on regional differentiation, distribution dynamics and influencing factors of marine economic development in three major marine economic circles of China

Study on regional differentiation, distribution dynamics and influencing factors of marine economic development in three major marine economic circles of China

Analysis of Marine Economic Development and Innovation under Environment Constraint Based on the VAR Model.

Building a new development pattern based on the “double-cycle” is a major strategic plan of China. Under the background of the new development pattern of the “double-cycle” and the context of environmental constraints, this paper tries to explore the impact of marine economic development on marine cultural industry and marine innovation development, the extent of the impact of marine cultural industry on marine economic growth, and the internal relationship between them under the new development pattern of double circulation. In this paper, Fujian Province is taken as the research object to construct an indicator system of the marine culture development to reflect the living standard, employment level, and spiritual and cultural levels of people in the marine area, and the external influence of the marine economy and marine culture industry is taken as the indicator variable to measure the integrated development. The internal changes are regarded as the index to assess the integration level of the two, and the evaluation theoretical model of the dynamic evolution level of the marine economy and marine cultural industry is constructed. The vector autoregression model and impulse response function are used to study the interactive correlation between the growth of the marine economy and the development of the cultural industry. The results show the following: In the long run, there is a cointegration relationship between the marine culture industry and the gross ocean product (GOP), which is a long-term balanced and stable relationship. The development level of the marine economy and the development of marine culture industry are mutually influencing and promoting.

Orientation of marine spatial planning in Vietnam

Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) in Vietnam has an ecosystem-based approach. It allocates and designs a balanced and rational marine space for sustainable marine development for economic, social, and ecological purposes. The four primary targets of the MSP are related to socio-economic development, ensuring national defense - security, rights and interests at sea; ecological balance maintenance and environment protection; sustainable marine management. MSP is defined to 2030, with a vision to 2050, based on five viewpoints and ten basic principles. The MSP framework consists of 10 basic activities: Strengthening institutions and policies to create a legal corridor; organizing and enhancing the capacity of management to implement MSP; establishing financial sources and mechanisms for MSP; participation of stakeholders and scientists; establishment of MSP; appraise and approve the MSP; licensing and revocation of licenses to use marine space; harmonize and minimize conflicts of interest in the maritime area use; MSP monitoring and evaluation; MSP adjustment. These activities are arranged in a 5-step cycle. According to MSP, the allocation of marine space is classified into four main groups of use sectors: Marine economic development, conservation, and protection of nature; particular use; reserved area. Depending on the MSP levels, the sectors of marine spatial use can be divided in more detail. MSPs are proposed to be decentralized into three groups: National, regional, and local. Each MSP level has an accompanying planning map at an appropriate scale. Each MSP level has relevant authorities responsible for establishment, submission, approval and implementation.

Spatial Heterogeneity Measurement of Marine Resources and its Relationship with Marine Economic Development

Spatial Heterogeneity Measurement of Marine Resources and its Relationship with Marine Economic Development

Analysis and forecast of marine economy development in China

PurposeIn recent years, China's marine industry has maintained rapid growth in general, and marine-related economic activities have continued to improve. The purpose of this research is to analyze the basic situation of China's marine economy development, identify the problems therein, forecast development trends and propose policy recommendations accordingly.Design/methodology/approachThis research conducts a comprehensive and detailed analysis of the development of China's marine economy with rich data in diversified aspects. The current situation of China's marine economy development is analyzed from the perspective of scale and structure, and the external and internal development environment of China's marine economy is discussed. With the application of measurement and prediction method such as trend extrapolation, exponential smoothing, grey forecasting and neural network method, the future situation of China's marine economy development is forecasted.FindingsIn a complex environment where uncertainties at home and abroad have increased significantly, China's marine economy development suffers tremendous downward pressure in recent years. As China has achieved major achievements in the prevention and control of the COVID-19 epidemic, the marine economy development will gradually return to normal. It is estimated that the gross marine production value in 2022 will exceed 10 trillion yuan. China's marine economy will continue to maintain a steady growth trend in the future, and its development prospects will remain promising.Originality/valueThis research explores the current situation and trends of China's marine economy development and puts forward policy recommendations to promote the steady and health development of China's marine economy accordingly.

An analysis of the prosperity of China's marine economy

PurposeChina's marine economy occupies an important position within the national economy, and its contribution thereto is constantly improving. The overall operation of the marine economy shows positive developmental trends with potential for further growth. The purpose of this research is to analyse the prosperity of China's marine economy, reveal trends therein and forecast the likely turning point in its operation.Design/methodology/approachBased on the periodicity and fluctuation of China's marine economy development, China's marine economic prosperity indicator system is established from five perspectives. On this basis, China's marine economic operation prosperity index can be synthesised and calculated, then a dynamic factor model is constructed. Using the filtering method to calculate China's marine economic operational Stock–Watson index, Markov switching has been used to determine the trend to transition. Furthermore, China's current marine economic prosperity is evaluated through analysis of influencing factors and correlation analysis.FindingsThe analysis shows that, from 2017 to 2019, the operation of the marine economy is relatively stable, and the prosperity index supports this finding; meanwhile it also exposes problems in China's marine economy, such as an unbalanced industrial structure, low marine economic benefits and insufficient capacity for sustainable development.Originality/valueThrough the analysis of the prosperity of China's marine economy, the authors reveal the trends in China's marine economy and forecast its likely future turning point.

Assessment of marine environmental health of Yantai offshore based on the new "dual-core" framework.

The health of marine ecological environment is a key factor restricting the development of marine economy. It is important to scientifically and systematically assess the overall ecological health of coastal marine. Based on the newly constructed "dual-core" assessment framework, which takes the state of marine ecosystem as the inner-core and the human socio-economic index as the outer-core, the health status of Yantai coastal marine environment was comprehensively assessed with the survey data from 2008 to 2016. The results showed that the inner-core elements for Yantai coastal area were mainly rated as "excellent" or "good" level. Generally, the sediment quality was the best, while water environment quality was slightly poor. The status of biological community was the core factor determining final rating. For the outer-core assessment, Yantai coastal areas scored 0.98, based on the output value of marine industrial and area of marine reserves. The final "dual-core" assessment result for Yantai offshore area was "excellent/good + 0.98", which indicated that the healthy status of ecological environment of Yantai offshore area was still good, in spite of high degree of development and utilization, but some areas had begun to deteriorate, which needed to be paid special attention in the further developing of marine industry. Our results following the "dual core" framework could provide guidance for the management and decision-making related marine resources development and environmental protection, and is of great significance to realize sustainable utilization of marine resources and environment.