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The Sustainable Blue Partnership Cooperation Network is an informal platform to facilitate the multi-stakeholder cooperation under the Blue Partnership jointly initiated by the Friends of Ocean Action of the World Economic Forum and the China Oceanic Development Foundation, with the support from the Ministry of Natural Resources of China.

Its mission is to convene and promote different ocean cooperation and actions under the Blue Partnership Principles through information exchanges, thematic dialogues, practices sharing, as well as insights and projects generation.

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In 2017, the Chinese delegation put forward the initiative of "building the Blue Partnership" at the first UN Ocean Conference and called for joint actions with states and organizations towards sustainable ocean governance. Since then, positive progress has been made - while officially establishing bilateral Blue Partnerships with relevant countries, China has pursued efforts to fulfil SDG14. China has signed Blue Partnership agreements with several countries leading to fruitful marine cooperation coming out of the Blue Partnership Forum and the high-level dialogue mechanism on integrated marine management. In particular, the "Pingtan Declaration" demonstrates China's resolve and commitment to stand together with Small Island Developing States grappling with critical challenges like climate change and sea-level rise. These bilateral and multilateral actions show China’s efforts to advance SDG 14 globally through the development of the Blue Partnership.

The Blue Partnership Principles announced by the Chinese delegation at 2022 UN Ocean Conference provides the concept, common collaborative areas and vision of the blue partnership which aims to contribute to the realization of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, in particular Goal 14 and Goal 17, and to establish a new model of maritime cooperation that is inclusive and flexible to enhance mutual trust among coastal states.

The full version of the Blue Partnership Principles can be found here.

We welcome stakeholders including those from governments, international organizations, non-governmental organizations, academia, financial organizations, companies, industrial associations, and others to join this network as members. We expect our members:

The Ministry of Natural Resources represented by the Department of International Cooperation is open to building the bilateral Blue Partnership with governments and departments. Please feel free to reach out via the Network. For other types of organizations, please download and fill out the Membership Application Form, and send it back to xi.xie@weforum.org, cc liyancodf@gmail.com.

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