The 21st century is an ocean century as 90% of the global trade is accomplished by means of ocean transportation.
At this critical point, Zhejiang has met a brand new opportunity the Zhejiang Ocean Economic Development Demonstration Zone has been included in the national strategy.
It not only raises the strategic status of the ocean economic development in Zhejiang, but also opens up a new blue ocean for Zhejiang, which is a province limited in natural resources. It enables Zhejiang to extend its land economy to ocean economy in real sense and to march towards a new overall development of both land and ocean.