Fig. 5. Toward integrated land-ocean development: Contribution of GMP to the GDP, 1978–2017.

Marine resources remain underexploited in the context of economic growth. Note that for 1986–1992, the marine economy was defined as the output value of major marine industries. Data sources: China Marine Statistical Yearbook 1993, 1997–2016; Statistical Communique of Chinese Marine Economy 2017; and China Statistical Yearbook 1979–2017 (http://www.stats.gov.cn/english/).