The third China and International Development Forum was held on Dec 2, 2022. Luo Zhaohui, chairman of the China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA), attended the forum via video link and delivered a speech.
Being an island nation located in a central position of Indian Ocean, with more than 530,000 square kilometers of territorial waters and its Exclusive Economic Zone and 1,785-kilometer-long coastline, Sri Lanka possesses a huge potential to excel in terms of the Blue Economy.
Seychelles is venturing into emerging sectors such as marine biotechnology and circular economy as part of our development objectives and these sectors are at infant stage.
Indonesia is located between two world's major oceans, the Pacific and the Indian Ocean. With a total maritime area, including the Exclusive Economic Zone, of more than five million square kilometers, Indonesia is one of the most significant maritime countries in the world.
The Blue Economy is a strategic issue, part of the agenda of the Government of Mozambique, countries of the Western Indian Ocean , SADC, African Union and relevant cooperation partners that are already in Africa and the world as a whole and Mozambique in particular, and it represents a great opportunity to boost the results of sectoral public policies.
For us here in Madagascar, the blue economy is an opportunity for the government and the private sector to catalyze the economy. So our vision is to make the blue economy one of the main pillars for the emergence of Madagascar while protecting the ecosystems.
Myanmar would like to explore cooperation on blue economy in the areas such as marine environmental protection, sustainable aquaculture and fishing practices, marine pollution, marine litter and plastic pollution, food security, trade, coastal tourism as well as research and education, capacity building and training and sharing of information and best practices.
Mauritius is focusing on the blue economy as a new frontier for development and as the next avenue for our import substitution strategy and for export growth in the short, medium and long term.