Xi sends congratulations to Shenzhen’s China Marine Economy Expo

Chinese President Xi Jinping offered his congratulations in a letter to the 2019 China Marine Economy Expo that opened this week in the city of Shenzhen. Xi expressed his warm welcome to guests from all over the world in the letter.
“The oceans play a significant role in the existence and development of human society. They provide a breeding ground for life, connect the world and promote development,” Xi said in the letter.
Xi called for efforts to accelerate marine sci-tech innovation, improve marine development capacity, and foster and strengthen emerging marine industries of strategic importance.
He urged efforts to promote marine connectivity and cooperation in all areas, and develop a “blue partnership” among all countries.
The Chinese president stressed marine ecological conservation, marine pollution prevention and treatment, protection of marine biodiversity, orderly development and utilization of marine resources, in a bid to leave a clean and tidy marine environment to future generations. Xinhua