On September 22, the 2020 East Asia Ocean Expo, one of the Qingdao Forum sections of the 2020 East Asia Ocean Cooperation Platform, opened in Qingdao World Expo City, West Coast New District of Qingdao. The theme of this year's expo is "Opening, Integrating, Wisdom, Sharing the Future-Blue•Ocean•Technology", with the goal of establishing "China's first-class marine industry chain national exhibition", and is committed to creating a collection of technology exchanges, product displays, results trading, The "Marine Industry International Conference and Exhibition Living Room" is integrated with platforms such as investment promotion.

It is reported that the "offline + online" exhibition mode was adopted for the first time in this expo, and the offline part includes high-end marine professional exhibitions and characteristic marine commodity exhibitions. The reporter saw at the scene that the high-end marine professional exhibition is composed of an exhibition area for international cooperation and strategic industries, an exhibition area for new infrastructure and new industries, an exhibition area for offshore engineering equipment and marine technology, and showcases the domestic and international marine economy, marine ecological protection, and cutting-edge offshore engineering. The latest and most cutting-edge achievements in equipment, marine technology, new infrastructure and emerging industries. The Featured Marine Commodity Exhibition is composed of an international consumer product exhibition area, an auxiliary industry product exhibition area, and a fishery and aquatic product exhibition area. It brings together high-level exhibitors from the SCO, countries along the "Belt and Road", ASEAN, and China, Japan, and Korea (10+3). Special products such as imported food, smart home, handicrafts, etc. are available for the audience to buy. In addition, the high-tech achievements of domestic and foreign marine supporting industries, fishery and aquatic technology equipment, and public brand products of Langya area were also displayed.
In order to give play to the role of a platform, promote economic and trade cooperation, and accelerate the industrial docking with the world's top 500 and industry leaders, this year's China International Expo also tailored the "one-to-one" professional audience invitation program for exhibitors for the first time, "one-to-one" Invite professional buyers. According to the procurement needs of professional visitors, we will select suppliers accurately, and strive to amplify the platform effect of supply and demand docking to ensure the actual effect of the exhibition.

Zhang Jiandong, director of the Shandong Provincial Oceanic Bureau, said at the opening ceremony: "The holding of this East Asia Ocean Expo will strongly promote pragmatic cooperation in the marine economy of East Asian countries, and provide strong support for the province to accelerate the construction of a powerful marine province and the conversion of old and new kinetic energy. I hope to take this platform to continuously deepen international maritime economic and cultural exchanges and cooperation, and jointly build a blue partnership, so that our maritime "friend circle" will grow larger and larger."
It is understood that the marine professional exhibition of this expo will last until September 24, and the merchandise exhibition will last until September 27.
