Fujian Secures Marine Equipment Projects at Fuzhou Conference

China News Service reported that the Fujian Marine Economic Industry Cooperation and Innovation Development Conference took place in Fuzhou on October 16 as a major event of the 2026 World Maritime Equipment Conference. Fujian Province connected with 124 investment promotion projects during the event, tracking 30 of them through the provincial project management platform. These include 16 multi-purpose grain transport vessels of 87000 tons, the Fuyuanyu 9666 Antarctic krill harvesting ship, high-current busbar facilities for offshore wind power and ship power distribution, small molecule peptide manufacturing, and species protection efforts, with all expected to begin construction by the end of the year or in the first half of next year. The conference released an investment cooperation guide outlining 12 key marine industries, detailing foundations, representative enterprises, key priorities, and industrial park carriers across segmented sectors, along with a list of 246 cooperation opportunities. During the conference, organizers also presented the 2026 Global Sustainable Maritime Innovation Best Practice Cases alongside the 2026 Global Sustainable Maritime Innovation Outlook.

The released investment cooperation guide provides an itemized list of 246 cooperation opportunities, which is designed to enable prospective investors to conduct precise project matchmaking across 12 targeted marine industries.