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Shandong is a major maritime province. Its long coastline and vast sea area provide unique conditions for Shandong to develop its marine economy and expand new space for development. Shandong's sea area is equal to its land area. Its abundance index for ocean resources ranks first in the country, and it has a number of high-level marine scientific and technological R&D institutions.

However, it still faces many difficulties on how to speed up the development of its marine economy and its construction as a strong maritime province. Many scientific and technological achievements are being transformed outside the province. The proportion of total marine production needs to be increased. Marine ecological construction and protection are lagging and it is difficult to exert the dispersed coastal port resources to overall effect.　

In order to speed up construction of a strong maritime province, the provincial Party committee has set up a leading team for strategic planning of marine development. Liu Jiayi, Party chief of Shandong province is the head of the team.

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