On November 4, the China-Island Countries Maritime Cooperation Forum with the theme of “Building and Sharing Blue Prosperity with the U.S. Islands” was held in Pingtan, Fujian. Sun Shuxian, Vice Minister of Natural Resources and Director of the State Oceanic Administration, and Wang Jinfu, Vice Governor of Fujian Province, attended the forum and delivered speeches. Ministerial officials from Seychelles, Cook Islands, Tonga, Antigua and Barbuda and other countries attended. Sun Shuxian said that the Ministry of Natural Resources promotes high-level protection and high-quality development of islands in an integrated manner, continues to promote practical maritime cooperation with island countries, actively carries out capacity building cooperation, and explores a new path of institutional consultation, scientific and technological collaboration, and mutual appreciation of experience. Focusing on the resilient development of island countries, all parties should pay more attention to innovation-driven, efficient collaboration, industrial renewal, harmony in the people, and win-win cooperation to jointly build the islands of the United States and share blue prosperity. At the conference, Chinese and foreign guests had in-depth exchanges on topics such as island management practices, new marine productivity and intelligent disaster prevention and mitigation, island countries' marine cooperation experiences, coastal ecological safety and disaster warning, and the effectiveness and prospects of China-island maritime cooperation. The forum released the “Report on the Phased Results of Island Construction between China and the US” and the “List of China-Island Countries Maritime Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Cooperation Initiatives”, which focused on promoting five marine public products, including sea-level rise assessments, ecological seawall technology, satellite monitoring and warning of coral reef bleaching, the “Mazu” series marine numerical forecasting model, and an island resource sharing platform. Various parties jointly signed an agreement to deepen cooperation between the “Island Management Toolkit” and the “Integration of Marine Spatial Planning and Blue Economy in the Caribbean Sea”.

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