On the morning of August 8, Party Secretary Yan Hanping presided over a meeting to listen to updates on the formulation of the city’s 15th Five-Year Plan for Marine Economic Development and study and arrange key work for the next stage. He stressed the need to thoroughly study and implement General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important expositions on building China into a strong maritime nation, earnestly enforce the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the work requirements of the Provincial Party Committee, base efforts on Yancheng’s marine resource endowments, broaden thinking, keep pace with the times, pursue scientific planning and systematic advancement, and steer high-quality development of the marine economy through high-level planning. Wu Wei, Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and Acting Mayor, attended the meeting.

At the meeting, the Municipal Development and Reform Commission reported the overall progress in compiling the 15th Five-Year Plan for Marine Economic Development. The plan drafting institute presented the main contents of the plan. Relevant municipal authorities exchanged views in light of their respective duties, and put forward opinions and suggestions concerning marine industrial development, upgrading port capacity, ecological and environmental protection, among other areas. Yan Hanping listened carefully to the reports and remarks, and held in-depth exchanges with participants on key and difficult issues in the plan formulation.