The 8th NEAR Subcommittee on Ocean and Fisheries (in 2023)
1. Name of Event： Conference for Northeast Asia Ocean Green Low-Carbon High-Quality Development
2. Date：Friday, September 22, 2023
3. Venue： The Weihai International Economic and Trade Exchange Center, Shandong Province, China
4. Theme : Leading Green Technology, Empowering Digital Competence
5. Format : Online and offline
6. Language : Chinese
※ Chinese-into-Korean simultaneous interpretation provided for the opening ceremony only.
7. No. of Participants：Over 300 attendees (officials from three NEAR member regions, marine-related international institutions, businesspeople, and education research institutions)
※ Five staff from the NEAR Secretariat including Secretary-General Lim Byung-jin
8. Main contents
i) . Opening Ceremony (KST)
1) Date: September 22, 2023 (10:00 ~ 10:50)
2) Venue: The Weihai International Economic and Trade Exchange Center
3) Main Content:
- Welcome remarks by Jianbo Yan, Party-Secretary of Weihai City
- Congratulatory remarks by Lim Byung-jin, NEAR Secretary-General
- Congratulatory remarks by Kim Hee-hyun, Deputy Governor for Political Affairs of Jeju Province (online)
- Congratulatory remarks by Kim Jung-kwon, Director of the Gyeongsangbuk-do East Sea Rim Headquarters (online)
- Keynote speech by Fan Bo, Vice Governor of Shandong Province
- Signboard ceremony of the “China’s Marine Seed Industry Capital”
ii). Presentation
1) Date: September 22, 2023 (11:00 ~ 12:40)
Moderator: President Tan Yichu of Harbin Institute of Technology (Weihai)
2) Main Contents: Sustainable development of high-quality ocean ecology; Low-carbon development of ocean and fisheries; and etc.
iii). Four Sub-forums
1) Date: September 22, 2023 (15:00 ~ 19:00) (hosted simultaneously)
Moderator: Cui Xiaojian, Deputy Director of the National Marine Data and Information Service of China
2) Topic:
(1) Digital Transition of Marine Economy
(2) Development of Offshore Experimental Sites
(3) Preserving Coastal Ecosystems While Promoting High-Quality Development
(4) Promoting Healthy Seafood and Advancing the Dining Industry
iv). Tour Program
1) Date: Tuesday, September 23, 2023
2) Content: Participating in the 15th China (Weihai) Fishing Gear Manufacturing Center Expo