In 2023, the direct economic loss of marine disasters in China decreased by 49% compared with the average of the previous five years, and remarkable results were achieved in the prevention and control

CCTV News:The reporter learned from the Ministry of Natural Resources that the "China Sea Ocean Heat Wave Forecast Product" independently developed by the National Marine Environmental Forecasting Center was officially put into operation on May 12th.It will timely and accurately predict the occurrence, development, scope and intensity of ocean heat wave events, provide key data and decision-making services for scientific response to extreme ocean heat wave events, and help prevent marine disasters.

China’s self-developed "China Sea Ocean Heat Wave Forecast Product" covers all the jurisdictional waters of China, and can timely and accurately predict the occurrence, development, influence scope and intensity of ocean heat wave events, provide key data and decision-making services for government decision-making departments to scientifically respond to extreme ocean heat wave events, effectively improve the response ability of marine management departments and fishery practitioners to extreme ocean heat wave events, and take timely and reasonable measures to reduce losses and reduce the damage to marine ecosystems.

Wan Liying, director of the temperature and salt flow forecasting room of the National Marine Environmental Forecasting Center of the Ministry of Natural Resources, said that the first country (France) to release ocean heat waves only has products of ocean heat waves, and we are products that increase the intensity of ocean heat waves. The impact of ocean heat waves on marine ecology and our economy is a relatively important parameter.

A number of marine disaster early warning and forecasting products were released.

In addition, the Ministry of Natural Resources has released a number of marine disaster early warning and forecasting products.

The National Satellite Ocean Application Center of the Ministry of Natural Resources released the China ocean color satellite images of the Yellow Sea and the remote sensing index data set, which provided scientific and technological support for the emergency treatment of marine disasters such as green tide, red tide and oil spill at sea.　

China is one of the countries most seriously affected by marine disasters in the world. In recent years, the Ministry of Natural Resources, in conjunction with various departments, has continuously promoted the construction of an integrated marine three-dimensional observation network, established and improved a collaborative marine disaster early warning business system, implemented the "chip" project of marine forecasting, and developed a full-spectrum autonomous marine early warning and forecasting numerical model system. With the continuous efforts of many measures, China’s ability to perceive marine disasters has been continuously improved, and the prevention and control of marine disasters has achieved remarkable results. In 2023, the direct economic losses of marine disasters nationwide decreased by 49% compared with the average of the previous five years.

At the same time, coastal areas continue to promote marine disaster prevention and mitigation. Among them, Zhejiang Province has built a closed-loop prevention and control system of marine disaster risk, and its disaster prevention capability has been comprehensively improved, and the early warning accuracy rate has increased to over 84%.