Organizers
State Oceanic Administration         (SOA), P.R. China
Xiamen Municipal Government, P.R. China
United Nations Development Programme China (UNDP China)
Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA)

Collaborators
Fujian Provincial Department of Ocean and Fisheries
Chinese Society for Oceanography (CSO)
China Ocean News Agency
Xiamen University
Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI)
China Ocean Mineral Resources R&D Association (COMRA)
The Third Institute of Oceanography, SOA
Secretariat of PEMSEA Network of Local Government for Sustainable Coastal Development
Fujian Institute of Oceanography