Sino-Australian Joint Research Center for Coastal Zone Management is jointly established by Ocean University of China and New South Wales University with the aim todevelop a state-of-the-art integrated coastal zone marine forecasting andmanagement system in order to address above issues in coastal zonemanagement;to provide best researchsupervision and training facilities to the students in the field of coastalzone management in China and Australia; and to enhance research capacity forcollaboration by forming a network of coastal scientists, engineers andmanagers from Australia and China. The center concentrates on addressing keyissues in coastal oceanography, coastal engineering, remote sensing, marinepolicy and law, climate change and socio-economics.