The Annual Academic Conference of the China-Norway Marine University Consortium Alliance 2022 (hereinafter referred to as “CNMU”) was held online from November 14th to 16th. Vice-Rector Mette Halskov Hansen of University of Oslo , Vice President LIU Yong and Vice President WEI Zhiqiang of OUC attended the meeting.

The 1st International Symposium on Polar Ocean and Global Change was held at Ocean University of China (OUC). The online event, spanning two days from November 10th to 11th, attracted more than 300 delegates from 41 Chinese universities and 14 foreign research institutions that focused on marine-related studies.

On November 20, the 2022 China-ASEAN International Forum on “Sustainable Development of Fisheries and Aquaculture under the Blue Transformation Strategy” convened.

According to the latest issue of Essential Science Indicators (ESI) released by Clarivate, Ocean University of China (OUC) ranks top 1% globally in social sciences, general.

Recently, the International Directed Evolution Competition (iDEC) 2022 was concluded. The team from Ocean University of China (OUC), composed of 7 postgraduates and 1 undergraduate from the School of Medicine and Pharmacy, stood out from global competitors and won the silver medal, with nominations for Best Target Molecule, Best Community Building, and Best Wiki.

On October 24, Vice President Liu Yong met with Mr. David Teaabo, Ambassador of Kiribati to China at Qingdao Sea View Garden Hotel.

The 11th China-Russia Arctic Forum, co-hosted by Ocean University of China (OUC) and St. Petersburg State University, and co-sponsored by South China Business College of Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, was successfully concluded.

Prof. Zhu Weiming and Prof. Fu Peng’s team has made new progress in the discovery and formation mechanisms of natural products derived from marine actinomycetes.

According to the latest issue of Essential Science Indicators (ESI) released by Clarivate, Ocean University of China (OUC) ranks the top 1% globally in computer science. This is the 11th research field in which OUC has entered top 1% according to the ESI.

On September 2, Vice President Liu Yong met with Vice Presidents Somtawin Jaritkuan and Savaminee Teerawut of Burapha University (BUU) via video link for discussions about promoting joint graduate education.

On September 9, 2022, Ocean University of China (OUC), at the invitation of the University of Macau, joined in the launching of the China-Portuguese Speaking Countries Ocean Research Alliance. The launching ceremony and the first council meeting was held online.Prof. Yu Zhigang, President of OUC, celebrated the establishment of the Alliance with representatives of 19 marine-related universities and institutions from China, Portugal, Brazil, Angola, and Mozambique. Prof. Liu Yong, Vice President

During the 20th International Symposium on Geo-disaster Reduction (ICGdR) held at Kanazawa University in August, winners of this year’s ICGdR awards were announced. Prof. Jia Yonggang’s team (College of Environmental Science and Engineering, OUC) won the ICGdR Technology Invention Award for its research outcomes in in-situ geological environment monitoring technology for deep-sea engineering.The research was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and conducted in collaborati

On July 11, Ocean University of China (OUC) and University of East Anglia (UEA) jointly held an online meeting to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the partnership.

On June 22, 2022, Ocean University of China (OUC) launched the Innovation Research Center for Marine Carbon Neutralization.