中国海洋经济年度增长超8%
A government report made public on Tuesday said the total production value of China's maritime industry grew by an average of 8.4 percent annually from 2011 to 2014, representing over 9.3 percent of the GDP each year.
本周二公布的一份政府工作报告显示，2011年至2014年中国海洋产业总交易量年均增长8.4%，代表了年GDP超9.3%的份额。
During the same time frame, the industrialized utilization of ocean water had accelerated, according to the 2015 report on China's marine economy development issued by the State Oceanic Administration (SOA).
The daily desalination capacity increased by 331,000 tonnes and annual growth rate of maritime biological medicine added value reached 19.6 percent, the report said.
Since 2010, the central government approved Tianjin Municipality and provinces of Shandong, Zhejiang, Guangdong and Fujian to pilot development of the maritime economy. In 2014, the five regions contributed 67.1 percent of the country's total maritime GDP.
Over the past decade China's trade with countries along the Maritime Silk Road grew by 18.2 percent annually, accounting for 20 percent of the country's total foreign trade volume from 14.6 percent. Chinese companies' foreign direct investment to these countries increased from 240 million U.S. dollars to 9.27 billion U.S. dollars.