Study On Establishing A Town Of Marine Science And Technology Industry In China

Title: A powerful country in the world must be powerful in the ocean, while a weak country in the world must first be weakened in the ocean. Internationally, all the economic powers in the world are powerful in the ocean. Twenty-first century is a century for the mankind to fully develop and utilize the oceans, and the ocean-related problems have been becoming a seriously concerned subject of the coastal states worldwide. As a large ocean state and the most populous country in the world, China cannot, without developing the oceans, maintain its sustainable development in society and economy and realize the strategic object of fulfilling the renaissance of the Chinese nation. In 1995, President Jiang Zemin points out that, "our country is a land nation, but also a large ocean state" . The development and utilization of oceans are becoming increasingly significant to the long-term development of China. China has determined that, while carrying out the state' s development strategy in the beginning of the 21st Century, China will initiate and carry out the development strategy of building a powerful ocean state at an appropriate time, and will make an endeavor to build China into a powerful ocean state with advanced ocean science & technology, developed ocean economy, healthy marine ecological environment and strong overall national strength.As an open coastal town and the national key base for ocean science & technology with a large collection of talents and research institutions in this field, Qingdao is the most potential town for establishing a town of marine science & technology industry in China.At the beginning of 90' s of the 20th century, some experts in Qingdao made a tentative proposal of "transforming a town of ocean science intoa town of ocean industry" . The Municipal Government of Qingdao has long taken the development of ocean science & technology industry and the development of electronic information industry as the two key sectors in the cross-century development of high and new-technology as well as in the acceleration of upgrading industries. The Government has also decided to create and establish "An Ocean Science & Technology Industry Town of Qingdao" with about 10 years' time (hereinafter referred to as "create the town" ).The efforts of Qingdao Town in "Creating the town" have attracted the attention of various parties concerned and obtained the positive support of the Ministry of Science and Technology. On 21 January 2001, the Ministry of Science and Technology convened its 35th Ministerial meeting to discuss issues such as organizing Qingdao Ocean Science Research Center. The meeting also expressly supported Qingdao Town to build an ocean science town. Therefore, it is not only significant in theory to build Qingdao Town into an important ocean science & technology industry town of China, but also significant in practice for accelerating the implementation of the "powerful ocean state" strategy of China.Based on the large amount of investigation and research work, this Paper probes into the fundamental theories of building national ocean science & technology town by means of closely considering the present situation and characteristics of the ocean industry development in Qingdao and by applying the new industry zone theory as well as the regional economy theory and development model etc.This Paper compares and analyses the development processes, locations and layouts, managerial systems, operational mechanisms of scientific & industrial parks of various types in the world and the laws, regulations and policies of their governments for promoting their development. Thereby, this Paper try to be used as a reference forplanning and designing the national ocean science & technology industry town.Based on the former research, this Paper further explicitly pinpoints the meaning, characteristics, functional localization and development object, proposes the construction target and basic thinking in "creating the town" .This Paper makes a systematic analysis of the advantages and constraint conditions of Qingdao Town in establishing the national marine science & technology industry town, and on the basis of which, proposes the basic framework model of "one center, two park districts" in the ocean science & technology industry town.This Paper also makes a classified analysis and research on the primary, second and tertiary industries in the overall ocean industry by applying the 3-level ocean industry division method. By research and analysis of the typical cases and starting from the interrelationship and transformation mechanism amongst science & technology, products and industry, this Paper earnestly analyses the deep-seated factors limiting the transformation of ocean science & technology into ocean industry, proposes the suggestions for promoting the industrialization of the ocean scientific & technological achievements of Qingdao Town and operational model of ocean industrialization appropriate to the local conditions. By comparison and analysis, this Paper proposes the overall thinking, key emphases in work and concrete countermeasures for the construction of the ocean science & technology industry town in Qingdao, and provides a useful reference for building ocean science & technology industry town in China.