Develop the "blue economy" and jointly promote maritime cooperation

Wang Yuheng Xu Xiangli

People's Daily Online - International Channel, China, October 17, 2023, 12:58 PM 

"The blue planet we live on is not divided into islands by oceans, but is linked by oceans into a community of shared future, where people of all countries share weal and woe."The concept of building a maritime community with a shared future proposed by China highlights the global consensus on promoting harmonious coexistence between mankind and the ocean.The Special Forum on Maritime Cooperation will be held in Beijing on the afternoon of the 18th. This is the first special forum on maritime cooperation to be held under the framework of the BRF, which fully demonstrates the great importance China attaches to promoting high-quality maritime cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative.The theme of the forum on Maritime Cooperation is "Promoting Blue Cooperation and Playing Silk Road Rhyme". At the end of the forum, the list of cooperation projects and the Blue cooperation Initiative of the Belt and Road will be released.After the spokesman answered his question, Augusto, a reporter from Timor-Leste's Timor Post, happily told the People's Daily that Timor-Leste is a Southeast Asian island country with rich Marine resources."The Blue economy is very important and closely related to the whole world. I hope that more island countries can participate in the blue economy through this summit."