The first half of China's total marine product is 1.3 trillion

According to the Xinhua news agency, according to preliminary estimates, the first half of 2009 China's total marine production will exceed 1.3 trillion yuan, can be increased by 6.9%. At the opening ceremony of the first China Ocean Forum, held in Zhuhai on 19th, Wang, deputy director of the State Oceanic Administration, released the data and said that, despite the adverse factors such as the international financial crisis, China's total value of marine production has continued to grow and become a new growth point for the national economy.　　China's gross domestic product accounted for 9.91% of GDP in the first half of 2009. Wang said that the sustainable development of China's marine economy benefited from the Chinese coastal local government to promote marine economic development as the region's priority, focus on development areas, and formulated and promulgated a series of policy measures. Wang said that the SOA will continue to strengthen the monitoring, assessment and dissemination of information on the operation of the marine economy, and with the relevant departments to optimize the structure of the marine economy, adjust the industrial layout of the proposals to organize the implementation of marine economic and social development statistics and accounting work.