Constructing Shandong's Modern Deep-Sea Industrial System under National Strategic Guidance

After deep-sea science and technology entered the national layout of emerging and future industries, the focus of local marine economic development was no longer merely to expand the scale of nearshore development, but to determine how ports, equipment, research platforms, data resources, and institutional advantages could be organized into an industrial system oriented toward the deep sea. Shandong ranks among China's leading provinces in the scale of its marine economy and has a solid foundation in marine research platforms, shipbuilding and offshore engineering, port logistics, marine fisheries, and marine energy. Nevertheless, its existing strengths are still concentrated mainly in nearshore development and traditional marine industries, and a clear gap remains before it can form a modern industrial system that integrates deep-sea access, exploration, development, and services. Based on the analytical framework of national strategic guidance, regional industrial foundation, transformation of deep-sea scenarios, and institutional ecosystem support, this paper examines the practical foundations, key constraints, and implementation pathways for Shandong to build a modern deep-sea industrial system. The study argues that Shandong should strengthen key core technologies, coordinate the overall planning of major bays, cultivate leading industrial chains, build data and sea-trial platforms, and improve full-life-cycle institutional support, so as to transform its advantages in marine resources, research platforms, and industrial foundations into systemic competitiveness in deep-sea industries.

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