On July 26, the Closing Ceremony for the Seminar on Ocean Governance and Trade Diplomacy Capacity Building for Solomon Islands, sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce, was held at Ocean University of China (OUC).
On behalf of the university, Professor Li Yan, Vice President of OUC, congratulated the participants on successfully completing the seminar and extended a warm welcome to the guests attending the ceremony. He said that over the century since its founding, OUC has developed a distinctive system of marine-related disciplines. Currently, the university is thoroughly implementing the important instructions in President Xi Jinping’s reply letter to its faculty and students and accelerating its progress toward becoming a world-class university. OUC remains firmly committed to global engagement and is actively engaged in global cooperation in marine science and education. He noted that the seminar represented a concrete effort to deepen exchanges and mutual learning between China and Solomon Islands in marine-related fields and jointly build a maritime community with a shared future. OUC will continue to draw on its disciplinary strengths and further expand practical cooperation across a broad range of fields with Solomon Islands and other Pacific Island countries.
Professor Zhou Feng, Deputy Director General of the Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, said in his remarks that the seminar had provided an important platform for China and Solomon Islands to work together on capacity building in marine-related fields. China stands ready to deepen practical exchanges with Solomon Islands, help translate the outcomes of the seminar into practical application, support Solomon Islands in strengthening its capacity for ocean governance and trade diplomacy, and jointly explore sustainable blue development pathways suited to Pacific Island countries.
The seminar began on July 2 and ran for 25 days. Focusing on core topics such as ocean-related laws and regulations, blue economy development, marine resource surveys, and remote sensing observations, it combined lectures, thematic discussions, field-based instruction, and cultural activities. A total of 21 participants from Solomon Islands government agencies, including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources, and the Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, completed the full program.
