A key hub port linking two major economic zones, handling goods from around the world; a shipbuilding base where manufacturing connects with services, setting sail steadily; an innovative membrane technology turning seawater into valuables, driving green industrial upgrades... The ocean is a strategic hub for high-quality development, and the marine economy is now a centerpiece of Tianjin's advanced manufacturing sector. Born from water and thriving by the sea, Tianjin possesses multiple advantages for fostering high-quality marine economic growth. With its positioning as 'one base, three zones,' leveraging momentum to delve deep into the blue economy and fortify advanced manufacturing is both an inevitable trend and a crucial mission. This 'blue' carries significant depth and meaning, encompassing traditional industries transitioning to higher-end, refined products like offshore oil and gas and green petrochemicals, as well as entirely new fields such as marine robotics and deep-sea equipment. It also spans manufacturing sectors like new materials and biomedicine, plus interconnected service industries like shipping and logistics. There is vast space and immense potential for Tianjin to integrate the marine economy with advanced manufacturing, a promising prospect indeed.

Diving into the blue economy demands precision in strategic planning. Today's marine economy is broad, with topics ranging from land-sea coordination, integration of port, industry, and city, to the joint management of surface and underwater operations—all forming complex, systematic projects. Leveraging the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region as a strategic guide, advancing open and maritime development is not a solitary effort by a single enterprise or region, but a coordinated push within a larger framework and longer supply chain. This requires concentrating on leading enterprises, key projects, and existing capacity, while expanding reach to small and large entities alike, ensuring we support majors and welcome new players, but also serve, understand, assist, and empower all businesses. The goal is to build up chain-leading companies with significant influence while nurturing specialized and innovative 'little giant' firms. With strong interconnections between upstream and downstream players and mutual support across various scales, the result will be a more balanced and robust industrial ecosystem.

For diving into the blue economy, the key is to adapt measures to local conditions. To truly harness and unlock the ocean's vitality and potential, we must create distinctive industrial advantages. At the construction site of Tianjin BOMESC Offshore Engineering Co., Ltd., gantry cranes rise and dip in an orderly fashion, production lines run at full capacity, and a nearly 140-meter-high, 1,000-ton offshore oil and gas platform living quarter module is steadily rising. Once final commissioning is complete, it will be delivered to the overseas market. This is a testament to the company's accelerated shift toward high-end offerings and mirrors Tianjin's broader efforts to advance specialized sectors like marine engineering equipment, seawater desalination, and offshore new energy. By leveraging comparative advantages and identifying opportunities, potential, and growth drivers from our resource endowments, and by boosting the marine industry's efficiency and quality based on local conditions, Tianjin's distinctive marine economy can be shaped into clear 'deep blue business cards,' nurturing a surging new wave of oceanic new-quality productive forces.