The theme of the first Maritime Day is the activities of the International Maritime Day

The theme of "Love for the Motherland, Good Neighborliness and Friendship, Scientific Navigation" was the theme of the first "Navigation Day".

On April 25, 2005, the Ministry of Communications officially approved the Ministry of Communications, agreeing that from this year, July 11 of each year will be set as "Navigation Day", and it will also be used as the implementation date of "World Maritime Day" in China. This festival, which has been called for by all sectors of society for many years, has finally been officially established for the country. "Navigation Day" is not a holiday, and its nature is a "activity day" in the category of national culture in our country, which is not only a common festival for all related industries such as navigation, ocean, shipbuilding, fishery, and their employees, as well as naval officers and men, but also a national cultural activity to publicize and popularize navigation and marine knowledge, promote and cultivate the spirit of the Chinese nation, and promote social harmony and unity.

In view of the fact that the first "Maritime Day" was implemented in the commemoration of the 600th anniversary of Zheng He's voyage to the West, the holding of the first "Maritime Day" should be closely integrated with the commemoration of the 600th anniversary of Zheng He's voyage to the West, and the theme activities of the "World Maritime Day" of the International Maritime Organization. Therefore, the theme of the commemoration of the 600th anniversary of Zheng He's voyage to the West, "Love the Motherland, Good Neighborliness and Friendship, Scientific Navigation" was taken as the theme of the first "Navigation Day" activities, so as to carry out propaganda and education on the long history and excellent traditional culture of the Chinese nation, the achievements of socialist navigation and maritime construction, China's basic national conditions and maritime strategy, the scientific outlook on development and the concept of building a socialist harmonious society, the principle of the reunification of the motherland and the policy of good-neighborliness and friendship, patriotism and national spirit. Combined with the spirit of the times and the requirements of social development, we will continue to expand the connotation of the activities and inspire us to work hard for China to transform from a maritime power and a shipping power to a maritime power and a shipping power.

July 11, 2005 is the 600th anniversary of China's great navigator Zheng He's voyage to the West, and it is also the first "Navigation Day" in China. The commemorative theme of "patriotism, good-neighborliness, scientific navigation" was proposed.

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Love the motherland, good neighborliness and friendship, scientific navigation" was the theme of the first "Navigation Day" (July 11, 2005).

An industry insider who participated in the celebration said that all the countries that held the festival did not have as great as China's Zheng He's seven voyages to the West in terms of the background of the commemorative day, so great historical influence, and so significant contribution to human navigation.

In Taiwan, March 17 is also designated as the "Maritime Festival". The Ministry of Communications believes that the celebration of the festival on the same day between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait will certainly become an emotional bond linking the Chinese people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, and at the same time, it will also promote cultural and economic and trade exchanges between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, which will be conducive to the realization of the "three links" and the promotion of the reunification of the motherland.

China is a maritime and maritime power, with more than 3 million square kilometers of blue land, more than 1,400 ports and 210,000 transport ships. 90% of China's foreign trade import and export materials are borne by sea, and it is the third largest shipbuilding country in the world. Shipping, ports, fisheries, shipbuilding, offshore oil development and other industries occupy a very important position in national economic and social development.

The theme of China's "Navigation Day" in 2005 was "Love the Motherland, Good Neighborliness and Friendship, and Scientific Navigation". The person in charge of the Ministry of Communications particularly emphasized that the "Navigation Day" is also an activity day that belongs to the national cultural category, and the "Navigation Day" activity is to institutionalize, socialize and popularize the activities to commemorate Zheng He's voyage to the West.

Proposed by China: Zheng He's seven voyages to the West is the first large-scale feat of mankind to go to the ocean, March 17 this year is the 600th anniversary of Zheng He's voyage to the West, Zheng He's voyage to the West Memorial Day as China's "Navigation Day", has special historical significance. As a major maritime and maritime power, it is necessary for China to set up a maritime festival to enhance the people's awareness of the sea and the concept of maritime territory, and to enhance the cohesion of the Chinese nation.

The greatest seafaring feat in Chinese history Zheng He made seven voyages to the Western Ocean.

Zheng He's voyage to the West, a feat in the history of world navigation, marked the pinnacle of ancient Chinese shipbuilding and navigation.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the "drive" of the Yuan Dynasty was freed, and the craftsmen of the handicraft industry could "pay silver for service", and the enthusiasm of the people's production increased. In the early Ming Dynasty, China's national strength was strong, and the mining and metallurgical industry, textile industry, porcelain industry, especially the shipbuilding industry developed along the rivers and seas showed itself in the world with its superb level and outstanding characteristics. After the death of Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, due to the early death of the crown prince Zhu Biao, he was succeeded by the imperial grandson Zhu Yunwen, that is, Emperor Jianwen.

After the "Battle of Jingyan" (1399-1402 AD), Zhu Yuanzhang's fourth son, Yanwang Zhu Di, won the throne and became an ancestor. In order to win the understanding and attachment of overseas regions to the change of regime, improve prestige, show China's prosperity and strength, and strengthen friendly economic and cultural ties with overseas countries, Ming Chengzu sent Zheng He to the West.

March 17 is the international maritime holiday "World Maritime Day" first appeared in 1978, because March 17 of that year was the twentieth anniversary of the entry into force of the International Maritime Organization Convention, the 10th General Assembly of the International Maritime Organization in November 1977 passed a resolution to decide that March 17 of each year in the future is the "World Maritime Day", so March 17, 1978 became the first World Maritime Day. In November 1979, the Eleventh Assembly of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) amended the resolution and decided that the specific date would be set by the States**, and that the date of the month of September would be set for a particular day in the last week of September, taking into account the more favourable weather for maritime activities in September.

During the festival, the relevant departments will post the theme and slogan of the event, and hold various forms of cultural publicity activities such as celebration, commemoration, academic, competition, education, commendation, and exhibition. On the day of the festival, Chinese civil ships, non-Chinese ships owned or operated by Chinese shipping enterprises must be full of flags, China's shipping, ports, ships, maritime, rescue, water transport engineering and other sea-related management agencies, enterprises and institutions and scientific research institutions, should also hang flags to celebrate the Navigation Day, in addition to the ships operating in special waters or ports where the horn is restricted, Chinese civil ships, non-Chinese ships owned or operated by Chinese shipping enterprises should also sound their horns for 1 minute.

The Ministry of Communications officially approved the Ministry of Communications, and agreed to set March 17 as "Navigation Day" every year from this year, and also as the implementation date of "World Maritime Day" in China.

Because:1"Navigation Day" is a national statutory activity day in the national cultural category led by the first and participated by the whole people, which is not only a common festival for all related industries such as navigation, marine, shipbuilding, fishery and their practitioners and naval officers and sailors, but also a national cultural activity to publicize and popularize navigation and marine knowledge, promote and cultivate the spirit of the Chinese nation, and promote social harmony and unity.

March 17 this year coincides with the 600th anniversary of Zheng He's voyage to the West, and the selection of Zheng He's voyage to the West anniversary as China's "Navigation Day" has special historical significance.

2 .China's establishment of "Maritime Day" and the specific implementation date of "World Maritime Day" in China are conducive to better fulfilling the obligations of IMO member states, fully reflecting the great importance that the state attaches to the maritime industry, carrying forward China's long historical tradition of good-neighborliness and friendship, establishing an international image of peaceful diplomacy, and enhancing the emotional cohesion of Chinese people at home and abroad.

3.The theme of the first "Navigation Day" activity is "Love the Motherland, Good Neighborliness and Friendship, Scientific Navigation", with the content of carrying out propaganda and education on the long history and excellent traditional culture of the Chinese nation, the achievements of socialist navigation and marine construction, China's basic national conditions and maritime strategy, the scientific outlook on development and the concept of building a socialist harmonious society, the principle of the reunification of the motherland and the policy of good-neighborliness and friendship, patriotism and national spirit. The shipping power has been transformed into a maritime power and a shipping power.

The China Maritime Day Cultural Forum is a regular public welfare academic forum co-sponsored by the Office of the National Maritime Day Organizing Committee, Shanghai Maritime University, the Chinese Society of Oceanography and the China Pacific Society, with the purpose of promoting the marine humanistic literacy of the whole people. Since July 2006, it has been held for four consecutive years, covering maritime politics and policy, maritime military and sea power, ship history and other aspects.

On July 11, 2011, the celebration of China Maritime Day was held in China's first national strategic level new area with the theme of marine economy - Zhejiang Zhoushan Archipelago New Area. This is the 7th China Maritime Day Celebration Conference after Beijing, Shanghai, Qingdao, Taicang, Dalian and Quanzhou, with more and more rich activities and more and more extensive social influence.

According to Song Dexing, director of the Office of the Organizing Committee of China Maritime Day and director of the Water Transport Bureau of the Ministry of Transport, the celebration conference included the holding of the "Water of Six Harmony" water gathering ceremony, the awarding of Zheng He's Maritime Safety Contribution Award, and the display of the achievements of China's sea-related industry in the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" and the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" blueprint. During the event, special activities will also be held, such as the Zheng He International Forum on Navigation and the Navigation Technology Exhibition, the Enhancement and Release of Aquatic Biological Resources in the Zhoushan Islands and the Publicity Activities of the East China Sea Ribbon Fish Reserve, the Closing Ceremony of the Chinese Seafarers' Skills Competition, the Zhoushan Islands China Marine Culture Festival and the Ship Open Day.

Sailing Days are also held throughout the country. In the activities of the Pearl River Area Navigation Day, the youth sailing summer camp activities in Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, the awarding of the Pearl River Scholarship, and the selection of the top ten sailors of the year in the Pearl River presented new characteristics. For the first time, the Yangtze River Basin will also celebrate Nautical Day in the form of regional activities.

Cities that have held celebrations at the main venue, and the sea-related departments of the organizing committee will further explore new models and new ways to standardize and popularize the activities of the Maritime Day.

2012 "China Maritime Day" main venue activities.

On July 8, 2012, the main venue of the "China Maritime Day" was held in Nanjing, and the Nanjing Maritime Safety Bureau set up 10 special publicity boards for China Maritime Day and World Maritime Day in Wumadu Square, and at the same time, it also carried out related celebrations such as crew service, ship open day and ship review.

In order to celebrate the China Maritime Day, the main venue activities of the "China Maritime Day" include "Sensing Zheng He and Embracing the Ocean - 2012 China Maritime Day Knowledge Prize Competition", the ship formation was reviewed, and the ship pollution prevention fire drill was held.

2014 "China Navigation" Day Forum.

July 11 is the 10th Navigation Day in China. The Navigation Day was held in Rizhao City, Shandong Province. The theme of the Maritime Day is "Promoting the Maritime Silk Road and the Development of Seafarers' Services".

The theme of this year's China Maritime Day is "A New Era of Sailing, the Silk Road Starts Again". At the wharf of the Shanghai International Passenger Terminal, the launching ceremony of the theme activity of China Maritime Day, the open day of ships, and the ceremony of honking the horn and hanging the flag were hotly held. Today, the international shipping center is actively planning to enhance its global discourse.

Coincidentally. Guangzhou, which has a thousand-year-old commercial port, is also actively developing its international shipping capacity and making efforts towards the goal of becoming an international shipping center. By 2020, Guangzhou will complete an investment of 100 billion yuan in port and shipping-related projects.

The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China proposed to adhere to the overall planning of land and sea and build a maritime power. Behind the development of the marine economy and the breakthrough of marine science and technology is the deepening and promotion of the marine awareness and marine culture of the whole society, which is the most gratifying. Xu Zhiliang, a researcher at the China Marine Development Research Center, said.

During this year's China Maritime Day, a series of marine cultural activities were carried out from Shanghai to Kunming. In Kunming, the hometown of the great Chinese navigator Zheng He, an international cultural tourism event with the theme of commemorating Zheng He and China Maritime Day will be held for four consecutive days. In Guangdong, a group of volunteers were invited to the Zhanjiang Maritime Safety Bureau to participate in the Maritime Day activities and experience the maritime history and culture of the Maritime Silk Road in the Han Dynasty.

In July this year, the International Ocean Science Popularization Union was established and launched in Qingdao, which will build a global platform for marine knowledge exchange, discussion, dissemination and sharing, promote the popularization of marine scientific knowledge, and promote more people to understand and care about the ocean. "I deeply feel that the people who are now engaged in marine work and serving the development and construction of the national ocean are no longer a 'minority', and the deep integration of the accumulation of marine culture and traditional Chinese culture will bear the fruits of a brilliant culture of a strong country and lead the trend of world culture. Xu Zhiliang said.

Yes. Multi-ship concurrent sea exploration high-end equipment has made breakthroughs.

On July 11, the "Ocean 6" was speeding over the waters of the western Pacific Ocean. So far, this research ship has carried out deep-sea and oceanic scientific research missions for eight consecutive years, and has gone to Antarctica to complete a number of scientific research breakthroughs in ice and snow.

Marine geological survey is one of the fundamental areas of marine research. The application of high technology can greatly improve the investigation ability, achieve outstanding investigation results, and enhance our knowledge and understanding of the ocean. Wang Hongbin, deputy chief engineer of Guangzhou Marine Geological Survey, said.

Nowadays, "multiple ships concurrently explore the sea, and there is no truce wind and waves throughout the year" has been a true portrayal of China's scientific research ships. Chinese marine scientists sailing in various seas around the world have become the "pioneers" of human ocean exploration.

On May 24, the "Exploration No. 1" research ship returned to Sanya, marking the successful completion of the Xisha deep diving voyage of China's "South China Sea Deep Program". The 82-year-old academician Wang Pinxian made three dives and led the team to discover the "cold-water coral forest" and a new cold spring activity vent for the first time in the South China Sea.

On May 18, China's new generation of ocean-going comprehensive scientific research ship "Xiangyanghong 01" successfully completed China's first global marine comprehensive scientific research mission, with a range of 10,000 nautical miles.