From March 1 to 3, 2010, a group from Vietnam Institute of Oceanography headed by Professor Vo Si Tuan, the vice president, paid a visit to the Second Institute of Oceanography, SOA.
On January 31, 2013, Administrator Liu Cigui of the State Oceanic Administration met in Beijing with a delegation of the Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chambers of Commerce & Industry, Inc.
The First China-Malaysia Joint Committee Meeting on Maritime Science and Technology was held in Beijing on March 11, 2010.
To implement The Memorandum of Understanding on Maritime Cooperation between the State Oceanic Administration of China and the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries of Indonesia, and promote bilateral maritime cooperation, the China-Indonesia Center for Ocean and Climate, China's first overseas research institute was founded in Djakarta, the capital of Indonesia on May 14, 2010.
From February 28 to March 1, 2013, Vice Chief Salihin of the Maritime Department of the Ministry of Communications of Brunei and Director Rizal of Security and Environmental Protection Section of Maritime Department visited the North China Sea Branch of State Oceanic Administration.