On 7 May, the correspondent of the daily scientific and technological newspaper, Beijing, was informed by the Ministry of Natural Resources that the country’s maritime economy had progressed in the first quarter, achieving good openings, preliminary accounting, with a total ocean production value of $230,000, an increase of 5.1 per cent, and a share of GDP of 8.2 per cent. On the one hand, the traditional marine industry operates smoothly. National marine crude oil, gas production increased b...