The Gaolan Port Economic Zone Administrative Committee intends to develop a world-level marine engineering equipment manufacturing base with the help of Offshore Oil Engineering Co.

A memorandum of deepening strategic cooperation was signed at a ceremony on March 27. The parties were joined by eight academicians including Zhou Shouwei, vice president of the China Association for Science & Technology and member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

Offshore Oil Engineering is a listed company controlled by China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC), one of the largest national oil enterprises in the country. 

Signing ceremony [Photo courtesy Zhuhai Daily]

The company will apply extensive experience in designing, constructing, installing, and maintaining offshore oil and gas equipment to create a home port for deep-water marine engineering. High value-added projects and internationally advanced underwater equipment products will facilitate the process.

According to the national Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area blueprint, Zhuhai and Foshan are to lead the way in developing an advanced-equipment manufacturing industrial belt on the west bank of the Pearl River Delta.

The cooperation will contribute to Zhuhai's emergence as an important gateway for the Greater Bay Area, hub city on the west bank of the Pearl River Estuary, and high-quality development model for the coastal economic belt.

Zhuhai Vice Mayor Zhang Yisheng participated in the event.