On June 21, the Tung International Research Center for Sustainable Ocean Development (TIRC-SOD), Ocean University of China (OUC) issued Sunstainable Ocean Solutions (Volume I).

On June 15, the general election of the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) was held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. Dr. Tang Yong, an alumnus of Ocean University of China (OUC), was re-elected as a member for a term from 2023 to 2028. He is a researcher at the Second Institute of Oceanography of the Ministry of Natural Resources of China.CLCS, established under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, officially came into operation

On June 17, Consul General Igawahara Masaru of the Consulate-General of Japan in Qingdao led a delegation to Ocean University of China (OUC). President Yu Zhigang received the guests.

On June 17, 2022, Prof. Liu Yong, Vice President for Education and International Affairs of Ocean University of China (OUC) met with Dr. Jessica Gallagher, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (External Engagement) of the University of Adelaide, via video link for discussions about strengthening exchanges and cooperation.

On the occasion of the 14th World Oceans Day, Ocean University of China (OUC) and Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao) launched the Second International Collaborative Study on Kuroshio Current and the Surrounding Seas (CSK-2) in the Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific of the International Oceanographic Commission. (Unesco-IOC/WESTPAC). The study, a collaborative effort of 16 governments and research institutes from 8 countries, was officially registered as a M

On June 1, the first academic symposium of the China-Norway Marine University Consortium Alliance (the Alliance) focusing on the “Arctic Ocean” was held online.Prof. Nils Christian Stenseth, Chairman of the Norwegian Marine University Consortium (NMU) and fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Sciences, delivered a welcome speech on behalf of NMU. He encouraged the experts to engage in win-win cooperation in Arctic research with this symposium serving as a cornerstone of Sino-Norwegian cooperation i

On May 30, 2022, the winners of the 14th Guanghua Engineering Science and Technology Award were announced in Beijing. Prof. Bao Zhenmin of Ocean University of China (OUC) won the Award.

Seven students and faculty members of OUC participated in China’s 38th Antarctic expedition. At the end of April, they completed their research mission and returned.

On April 19, the Chinese Society for Oceanography announced the winners of the 2021 Ocean Science and Technology Award and Best Books Award. OUC won the Special Prize for the first time along with two Second Prizes.

The Japanese Society of Fisheries Oceanography (JSFO) has recently announced the winner of the 27th JSFO Uda Award. Prof Tian Yongjun from OUC’s College of Fisheries, became the first non-Japanese scientist to win this award.JSFO is a key academic organization that specializes in fisheries oceanography, with significant international influence. Established in 1995, the JSFO Uda Award was named after the famous Japanese oceanographer and meteorologist Uda Michitaka (1905-1982). Each year, this aw

On May 9, Prof. Örjan Gustafsson gave a talk on the topic of “Cryosphere-Climate-Carbon Interactions in the Eurasian Arctic Ocean Shelf-Slope System”, as part of OUC’s “Future Ocean” lecture series. Prof. Gustafsson teaches at Stockholm University, and he is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering.Prof. Gustafsson shared with the audience his study on the composition, storage and operation of different cryosphere-carbon reservoirs. The study

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, inspects the city of Sanya, South China's Hainan province on April 10.

On February 26, a delegation led by Liu Zhanjiang, Vice President of Syracuse University, visited Ocean University of China (OUC). President Yu Zhigang received the guests, and the two sides engaged in a discussion about strengthening the in-depth cooperation between the two universities.

The ocean is of strategic importance to high-quality development. To make China a strong maritime nation, we at OUC see it as our mission to protect, further understand, and make good use of the ocean.