On June 8th, Elsevier announced the CiteScore (2022) for academic journals. Marine Life Science Technology (MLST), an English journal jointly hosted by Ocean University of China and Laoshan Laboratory, received a CiteScore of 8.2, the first score it received since its inclusion in the Scopus database last year. It ranked the 13th among the 228 journals in Aquatic Science in Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and the 10th in the 136 journals in Marine Science in Earth and Planetary Sciences.C

On June 7, Mr. Roger Shew, Director of International Recruitment and Business Development of Victoria University of Wellington (VUW), led a delegation to OUC.

On May 31, Dr. Jessica Gallagher, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (External Engagement) of the University of Adelaide (UoA) visited OUC. President Yu Zhigang and Vice President Liu Yong met with the delegation and the two sides had an in-depth discussion about further cooperation.President Yu extended his warm welcome to the delegation and briefly reviewed the history of friendly exchanges between the two universities. He fully recognized the success of Haide College and proposed that high-quality educat

On May 17, Prof. John Liu, Vice President of Syracuse University led a delegation to OUC. President Yu Zhigang met with the guests and discussed further cooperation between the two universities.

On May 11, a delegation from Pacific Island countries visited Qingdao for an in-depth discussion on multilateral cooperation. Mr. Zhao Haozhi, Mayor of Qingdao, met with the delegation and Prof. Yu Zhigang, President of OUC, attended the meeting.

Recently, the World Climate Research Programme(WCRP) announced that the Climate Variability and Predictability Programme (CLIVAR) has officially established its InternationalCLIVAR Project Office (ICPO) at OUC.As one of the four core projects of WCRP, the most authoritative scientific program worldwide in the field of climate change, CLIVAR aims to improve the understanding and prediction of ocean-atmosphere interactions and of climate variability for the sustainable development of human society

On April 19, Prof. Marcus Lane, Deputy Vice Chancellor of James Cook University (JCU), led a delegation to OUC. Prof. Yu Zhigang, President of OUC, and Prof. Liu Yong, Vice President of OUC, received the guests.

The World Womens Boxing Championship 2023 was held in New Delhi, India from March 16th to 26th. Wang Lina, a student athlete from the boxing team of Ocean University of China, was selected to the national team and represented China in the 81kg weight category. This competition was also a battle for Wang to win her second World Championship gold medal. During the competition, Wang Lina showed her skilled techniques and abundant experience, winning all the way to the finals. In the final on the 25

The Arctic Circle Forum was held in Tokyo, Japan from March 4 to 6. OUC organized a session with the theme of “Arctic Governance and Beyond: Asia’s Role and Imagination”, which demonstrates OUC’s leadership in polar governance research worldwide.

Recently, Advances in Atmospheric Sciences (AAS), an internationally renowned academic journal in the field of atmospheric sciences, announced awarded Prof. Li Jianping, Dean of OUC’s Academy of Future Ocean and Director of the Frontier Science Center for Deep Ocean Multisphere and Earth System the 2023 Outstanding Editor Award.As a collaborating journal of the International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences (IAMAS), AAS is sponsored by the Chinese Committee of the IAMAS, the I

On March 4, the Honorable Boutu Bateriki, Minister for Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kiribati, led a delegation to Ocean University of China.

On November 27-28, the 2022 International Conference on Future Ocean Industry-Academia-Research Cooperation, hosted by the Shandong Provincial Department of Education and organized by Ocean University of China, was successfully held in Qingdao. The conference set up three sub-forums with themes of physical oceanography and marine information technology, aquatic resources development and protection, and environmental pollution control and ecological protection, with a total of 63 reports delivere

On February 23, a delegation led by Mr. Iain Watt, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (International) of University of Technology Sydney (UTS), visited Ocean University of China (OUC).

On November 25, 2022, the Blue Governance Workshop, jointly hosted by OUC and the University of Portsmouth (UoP), was held online. Representatives from both universities, UNESCO and FAO attended the event.