Evaluation of the coordination between marine ecological environment protection and marine economic development in China

Over the years, the development of marine economy has been an important component of coastal cities' total economic growth in China. Whether the coastal cities had paid enough attention to the coordination of marine economic development and ecological environment protection in the process of marine development activities needed to be evaluated accordingly. An index evaluation system for the coordination between marine ecological environment protection and marine economic development in coastal cities of China was established in this work by using the analytic hierarchy process. The statistical analysis results from 2006 to 2018 showed that much more attention had been paid on marine ecological environment protection since the year 2012 in China. The evaluated results showed that among all coastal provinces and cities, Shanghai and Shandong Provinces had the best coordination between marine economic development and marine ecological environment protection in the year 2016. Years of data showed that marine economic development and marine ecological environmental protection complement each other and promote each other. At the same time, the analysis results of this indicator evaluation system showed that marine ecological environment protection in China should further strengthen the protection by preventing and controlling marine pollution and carrying out ecological restoration.

Automated summary

The coordination between marine economic development and ecological environment protection is an important issue for the development of coastal cities. This study established an evaluation system to assess the coordination between marine economic development and ecological environment protection in coastal cities of China. The statistical analysis results showed that China has paid increasing attention to marine ecological environment protection since 2012. The evaluation results demonstrated that Shanghai and Shandong Provinces had the best coordination between marine economic development and marine ecological environment protection in 2016. The data showed that marine economic development and marine ecological environment protection complement and promote each other.