Ningbo City is located in the middle of the Chinese coastline, at the south wing of the Yangtze River Delta, adjacent to the Zhoushan Islands, and Shanghai. “Island Ocean” is the strategic national economic and social development path of Ningbo. The Island Ocean is indeed an important resource base: the city's marine economy reached 230.9 billion yuan in output during 2008. With the land area and coastal resources in the port increasingly strained, the island port industry and the rise of marine tourism, protection and use of the island has aroused wide attention. In order to strengthen the protection and use of the island, Ningbo City, the island has explored a number methods for rule of law, the island's economic development, resource protection and other aspects to be done even better.

I、Basic overview of Ningbo island resources
The city's sea area is about 8055 square kilometers, the mainland coastline is about 815 kilometers, with nearly one thousand islands. Among them, more than 516 islands have an island domain to a total area of 266 square kilometers accounting for about 8% of the number of islands. Some residents live in the 13 islands, the existing three island towns, islands two national development zones (bonded port area). Ningbo City, the main island has the following two characteristics:

（A）Cluster-like distribution of the island and nearest to the mainland
Nearly one thousand reefs are mainly distributed in Ningbo Beilun Port. The south of the sea has a water depth of less than 20 meters showing the cluster-like distribution. Generally, the Big Island is the center of a distribution of a number of reefs, largely concentrated in the Chuanshan Peninsula, Xiangshan Harbor at the bottom of the eastern coastal Xiangshan, 3 Bay, and the Yushan Islands, Nirayama Islands, Area 6. Most of the reefs are located near to the mainland, generally within 1 km offshore, near a few hundred meters. Far away from the mainland is the Yushan Islands and Nirayama Islands, its distance from the main island from the mainland at 46 kilometers and 18 kilometers.

The majority of the island of Ningbo City features good vegetation coverage, beautiful scenery, islands of various shapes, some with beautiful sloping beaches, and is a good area of marine leisure travel. As one of the four major fishing grounds located in Zhoushan, reefs around the rich resources of marine fisheries, constitute a unique reef ecosystem where fish and shellfish habitats, growth, reproduction and in marine cable bait, spawning and breeding habitat. Some offshore islands adjacent to the main channel, Ningbo, Zhoushan Harbor International, are distributed in more than 10 m deep-water coastline, with the development of large industrial ports and the international transit port cargo processing of fine natural endowment.

II、Development and utilization of the island in Ningbo Municipality
Since the issuance of reform at all levels of government, finance and other departments of the support and preferential policies, the city has organized a "move the island, the Big Island to build" operation. To actively support the island region's infrastructure, the island has began the construction of regional basis facilities and engaged in the continuous improvement of the social and cultural undertakings. As a result, the island is started a trend of a booming development emerging from the port transport industry, port industry, marine tourism and eco-agriculture and fisheries industries relying on an island economy with local characteristics.

（A）Social development of the island region
Over the years, the island regions were inaccessible to fishing for a living, while the conditions are poor, all social undertakings and infrastructure difficult. According to the 1989 survey results, when the city has a total of 32 uninhabited islands, a distant 46 km from the mainland. Since the "move the island, the Big Island to build" operation after the implementation of the original infrastructure, those who stayed away from the mainland or poor residents on the island gradually relocated to the mainland. With better infrastructure and closer proximity to the island from the mainland, the number of uninhabited islands decreaed from 32 in 1989 to 8 today. At present, the city's island population of about 10 million, is mainly concentrated in Daxie Island, Meishan Island, South Island, Tajima, and in high pond four rural towns and development zones are located on the island.
At the same time, the city developed a series of targeted support measures island governments in the region, launched the "blood poverty, environmental poverty" operation, and continuously enrich the island regional governments and relevant technical strength in project financing arrangements, science, education resources, housing, electricity and water-based road facility construction and many other aspects of the island areas could fell a focus of tilt. At present, some are mainly uninhabited islands are all built a bridge with the mainland, water and electricity are all interlinked with the mainland, sharing, education, health, communications and other social undertakings have been developed rapidly.

（B）Use and economic situation in the island
At present, Ningbo has become an island with two state-level development zones (bonded port areas) that has at its core the port-oriented economy, which includes the islands, ship building and repair, agriculture and fisheries; and the marine eco-island island tourism-oriented economy with local characteristics. The Island area’s grew from GDP to 284 billion yuan in 2008, more than 150 billion yuan growth since 1989. With the number of major projects and port industries, construction and regional development growth will be higher than the island continent.
There are 2 National Island Development Areas (bonded port area): Daxie Development Zone and Meishan Bonded Port Area. Among them, Daxie Development Zone, located Daxie Island, the State Council approved the construction by the CITIC Group into a film development, planning area of 36 square kilometers, planning construction of 49 types of large and medium sized berths, with a designed annual throughput of 15 thousand tons. The huge project has now basically completed development and construction. China is becoming an important energy transit, port petrochemical and port logistics base, in 2008 the island will complete the port cargo throughput of 42.6 million tons, 1.15 million TEUs containers snf achieve 3.75 billion in general budget revenue yuan. Meishan Bonded Port Area is located in Meishan Island, in 2008, was approved for construction by the State Council. Meishan Island, where the bonded port area is approximately 27 square kilometers, is building to match the overall objective of "distinctive characteristics of the bonded port, leisure livable eco-island, a vibrant port city" by planning to build a 10-ton container berths 10, strive to build our country's important regional resource allocation and business center, striving in June 2010 to conduct a closed off the bonded port operations.
Island region is also the city's major production base of traditional agriculture, fishing and aquaculture bases, such as high-pond Island is a "Zhejiang village swimming crab," Gate Island is a "Zhejiang Fisheries first village," the city of Meishan Island is an important agricultural demonstration base. Island tourism is becoming the current direction of tourism development has been built once the door-do tourist resort and flowers Ao Island Shilin Scenic Area, is currently planning the development and construction of Yushan Islands international fishing base, strong Jiao Islands resort tourist area, hanging Hill Island Resort Island tourist area and a number of high-end tourism projects. Among them, Yushan Islands known as "Asia's first fishing ground," the year fishing for up to 10 months, the planned Yushan Islands International Fishing bases for fishing as the main function, island leisure, outdoor Campaign for the auxiliary functions.
III、Island Conservation and Management of Ningbo City
To enhance the uninhabited islands of Ningbo in particular, the protection and use of management and the legal system, a perfect uninhabited islands function zoning was established. The protection and use of the planning system are important to actively implement the construction and the islands of protected areas Reef Ecosystem Restoration Project.
（A）Strengthening the protection and management of Uninhabited Islands through legal system building
In 2004, 2005 and in 2006 Ningbo successively formulated the "uninhabited islands Ningbo Management Regulations", "Ningbo Xiangshan marine environment and fishery resources protection regulations", "Ningbo City Nirayama Islands Marine Ecological Protection Area Ordinance". The three local laws and regulations, passed in 2008, formulated the basis for uninhabited islands to further strengthen the management of the implementation of the opinions. The "Ningbo City, Yushan Islands Marine Special Protection Area Ordinance" is being developed.

Among them, "Ningbo City, uninhabited islands regulations," and specified the use of Uninhabited Islands for approval management system, provides protection and utilization of Uninhabited Islands of the basic requirements, giving the marine administrative department on the Protection and Utilization of Uninhabited Islands integrated management and coordination functions, while forestry, environmental protection and other sectors of the relative concentration of some of the administrative enforcement powers to the marine administrative department.

（B）the preparation of Ningbo City Planning Division of Uninhabited Islands
Ningbo Municipal Government on July 19, 2007 approved the implementation of the "uninhabited islands Ningbo Functional Zoning" and "Ningbo City, Protection and Utilization of Uninhabited Islands Planning." "Uninhabited islands function zoning," clearly stated which islands are protected, which activities the can not be used for, and which islands can be appropriately developed and what ways they can be developed. "Protection and Utilization of Uninhabited Islands Planning" placed uninhabited islands under protection and used specific objectives and requirements. Regulations for related facilities construction and environmental protection planning objectives were stated with specific guidelines and constraints on specific uninhabited islands protection and utilization.
Recently, according to the needs of development and utilization of a number of islands, conceptual and controlled planning have been prepared. Examples include: "Ningbo Sunshine Coast conceptual planning", and "I would rather Bay Tourism Resort District, detailed rules controlling", and the "Yushan Islands International Fishing Base Plan". "Ningbo Sunshine Coast conceptual planning", was opened to domestic and international tender and commissioned the preparation of a planning area of 17 square kilometers, including the hanging mountains Island, Phoenix Hill Island, two uninhabited islands, as well as the inside of the adjacent waters and land areas. It aims to build a set of yacht clubs, waterfront resorts, marine museums, seaside houses together as one large-scale coastal leisure and tourism resort. "I would rather Bay Tourism Resort District, controlling detailed regulation", is being developed as a planned area of 60 square kilometers, using strong-jiao peninsula unique seamounts, beaches and the Gulf and other advantages to become a leading seaside resort. It will be island casual, and attract beach tourism, beach vacation, fishing family atmosphere, water sports and land sports and recreational activities, etc. and strive to create a unique large-scale integrated entertainment resort base.

（C）The establishment of Ningbo City, uninhabited islands managed system works
The uninhabited islands management system and the joint liaison meeting system were established to strengthen the organizational leadership and inter-sectoral coordination between the Ningbo Municipal People's Government and Ningbo Ocean and Fishery Bureau, the convener of the Urban Development and Reform Commission, civil affairs, land resources, transportation (ports), forestry, environmental protection, marine and fisheries, of national security, border security, military and other 21 departments and units of Ningbo city. A joint conference system was set up with the primary duty and task to coordinate the resolution of uninhabited islands in the management of difficult problems, which are studied and then analysis is formulated for review of the protection, management systems and related measures, of the protection and development project in mixed uninhabited islands.

Uninhabited islands managed to establish a joint meeting system for all localities and departments in the Protection and Utilization of Uninhabited Islands. They created a good platform for communication and coordination and consultation that will help to drive enthusiasm for cooperation of various departments to form a joint effort and improve work efficiency.
（D）Actively implement the construction and reef islands of protected areas of ecological restoration project
Nirayama Islands Provincial Nature Reserve, the main island of the marine ecosystem is about 18.5 kilometers from the mainland by the 76 reefs and nearby waters composition; Yushan Islands National Marine Protected Areas. In particular, the main island from the mainland is about 46 kilometers, from 54 reefs and the composition of nearby waters. Two important marine areas with targeted reefs ecosystems, marine fisheries resources, and island birds are closely protected.

At present, the two protected areas have established a marine protection Authority, with an existing staff of 30 people and total financial investment of more than 600 million yuan, including the provision of boats and related equipment to carry out the management of protected areas legislation. Special action has been taken on the protection of the island archipelago Nirayama Birds, Yushanliedao rectification, as well as for artificial reefs and reef ecosystems. Continuous engagement in marine protection includes running repairs, releasing the proliferation of fishery resources, and a number of other activities.
（E）To strengthen supervision and inspection of the use of Uninhabited Islands
Cities in the coastal areas and on some islands have installed video surveillance systems, and radar surveillance systems, including three large-scale video systems and 18 sets of small-scale video surveillance system, and a set of radar surveillance systems that aer able to meet the current needs of the island waters for video monitoring and provide real-time control of the activities of vessels around the island. This effectively lowers the cost of monitoring by inspection of the island and improves regulatory quality and regulatory efficiency. China Sea, Ningbo City, detachment is also performed in conjunction with the coastal sea monitoring unit to carry out regular inspections of Uninhabited Islands.
IV、The major problems facing the use, protection and management of the island
At present the island protection and management is one of the major problems facing the use of Island regions. This is due to its special geographical location which makes protection and management of the use and development of islands relatively more difficult than on the mainland. In recent years, in addition to Daxie Island and the Meishan Island which have been established as state-level development zones and where state-building in all aspects of the bonded port area has helped it develop rapidly, most of the island region, socio-economic development and ecological protection of the island is facing many issues.

（A）island area with limited revenue, infrastructure construction is relatively slow
Most of the island regional economy is based primarily on agriculture and fisheries, where fiscal revenue is limited, and this restricts improvement of public health and other educational and cultural development of various undertakings. The introduction of train qualified personnel to enhance the ability of independent innovation is still a very arduous task, electricity water and road network and other infrastructure facilities need to be strengthened. Business and cultural life present a fundamental gap, and the level of education and health still need to improve. The city is located in the East China Sea coast, where typhoons and tropical storms and other disastrous weather conditions often threaten the island's production, living and island tourism development, with inconvenience and destruction. Uninhabited islands require a high cost to develop infrastructure, water supply and drainage, power communications, transportation terminals, and other production and living facilities that makes construction difficult.

（B）the complex historical relations between uninhabited islands, development and utilization of various methods

Due to historical principles on the relationship between ownership on uninhabited islands and other complex issues, such as rural farmers firewood, coastal fishing and fishery farmers operations. temporary production and living facilities, aids to navigation beacon and communications infrastructure, public welfare, etc. There are big Island, built to move the island "post-retention” properties and other assets. Development and Utilization of Uninhabited Islands provides more varied ways, some that feature the planned use of the whole island, some are for local use, while others are for mass agricultural use, or only in the island. The lighthouse beacon and other basic construction does not constitute the ecological environment of Uninhabited Islands the impact of small-scale structures, and some is uninhabited islands around the reefs and shellfish attached to the use of living marine resources.

（C）understanding of the status and role of the island is not high, the lack of overall planning and scientific proof
As the island is located in isolated, desolate and remote areas and ecological protection and restoration of the island into large, high cost, very little in return, a number of regions and departments to protect a weak awareness of the island, there is the phenomenon of re-development of light protection, the lack of the island to protect the initiative and enthusiasm. Part of the island due to the lack of scientific research and detailed planning, development level is not high, development and construction of a larger blindness and randomness. Land-island resources, lack of regional co-ordinating the development of island developing more commonly limited to a single use of an island-style development, not the formation of regional scale, the low efficiency.

（D）the protection and use of management of the island lags behind the legal system, regulatory difficult
Island regional development, island protection and use management, involving multiple departments, the current lack of effective co-ordination of planning and a unified coordination mechanism, the system of policies and measures to protect the island and use of supervision are relatively weak. On most islands, the protection and use of monitoring more difficult, frequent monitoring is not place phenomenon. The city's large number of uninhabited islands, because of traffic conditions, the impact of the high costs of regulatory administration make consistent monitoring difficult and less common. Regulations of the Big Island is still relatively good. On uninhabited islands in particular, the current protection system has yet to straighten out the islands conservation while the use and management of the legal system is not perfect, though there remains a system to be used regardless of the phenomenon.

V、Management advice and suggestions on the island Protection and Utilization
（A）to accelerate the protection and use of the island's legal system, improve management mechanism of the island
The proposal would speed up the islands from the national level protection, use and management of the legislative work. In particular, there should be clear means for uninhabited islands protection and use with management of the competent authorities to rationalize the various departments in the islands protection and use of responsibilities. For island specific management, the proposed development and utilization of the island for different ways under different management models and management mechanisms is supported. For example, if some large groups of residents of the island formed into a Tsochen or village, it should be in accordance with existing land management. Some small islands and island from the mainland, need to strengthen the island eco-environmental protection and establish the relative concentration of the island management mechanism.

（B）to strengthen the island region, overall planning and policy support, and to create a good use of the environment
To strengthen the island region, overall planning is needed to prevent the use of blind and low-level development. Protection and utilization of management of the island are prerequisite and key to success.  All aspects of island resources and the environment must be evaluated in a comprehensive survey, based on the island features with a clear positioning and direction of development, and then this should be strictly implemented. It should adhere to the operation of market-oriented means of island development and utilization of the establishment of an island purchase reserve system and the use of the island project in financial strength and development capabilities, planning and control, environmental protection requirements, etc. There should be active support from the island region of the ecological advantages of relying on tribal benefits for the development of specialized agriculture and eco-tourism. the Government should give the necessary financial support for the use of the traffic on the island, water, electricity, environmental protection and land-island and other supporting infrastructure.

（C）To increase law enforcement efforts to strengthen the island of regional resources and environmental protection
The first step for effective island protection and enforcement is to strengthen the administrative departments. It is recommended to strengthen the building of the island protected areas and to delineate the scope of protected class islands and implement stringent measures to seal islands. For this, national and local levels of government should increase financial input in the protection of the island. To create island resources and ecological protection, regular inspection systems are needed. Some key islands should be selected for the establishment of a specialist search officers, resources and ecological protection, to conduct inspections on a regular basis of the beach garbage, solid waste and other clean up cleaning. Development of reefs should include the incentives and disincentives to protect the reefs, to create reef resources, and establish ecological protection and good atmosphere. In the formulation of relevant laws and regulations fro islands, we should increase the penalties for unlawful acts with the island, and strengthen the island self-restraint and self-management of the people.