ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Mar. Sci.
Sec. Marine Affairs and Policy
This article is part of the Research TopicChallenges and Solutions in Forecasting and Decision-Making in Marine Economy and Management, Volume IIView all 18 articles
Evaluation of the Policy Effects of Strong Maritime Country Construction in China
Provisionally accepted
- Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
Select one of your emails
You have multiple emails registered with Frontiers:
Notify me on publication
Please enter your email address:
If you already have an account, please login
You don't have a Frontiers account ? You can register here
Since the proposal to build a strong maritime country in 2012, China's marine economy has developed rapidly. This study, using panel data from nine southeastern coastal provinces (1999-2023), employs methods such as the hybrid control-weighting model, kernel density estimation, and factor detection to evaluate the policy effects of building a strong maritime country on coastal regions. Fujian Province exhibits the strongest policy effect, whereas Hainan Province shows a weaker effect due to a narrow industrial structure and lagging technological innovation. Marine informatization is the core driver (q = 0.964), it enhances outcomes through marine technological innovation and industrial optimization. Marine technological innovation and tertiary sector optimization account for 92.6% and 76.9% of the explanatory power, respectively, emphasizing their role in high-quality marine economic development. The study suggests that future policies should focus on enhancing informatization, technological innovation, and optimizing the tertiary sector to advance the construction of a strong maritime country.
Keywords: Strong Maritime Country, Policy Effects, Hybrid Control-WeightingModel, Kernel Density Estimation, Factor Detection
Received: 19 Sep 2025; Accepted: 21 Nov 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Zhang, Wang, Zhang, Wang, Bian and Tian. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Shizheng Tian, 2024878@ouc.edu.cn
Disclaimer: All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations, or those of the publisher, the editors and the reviewers. Any product that may be evaluated in this article or claim that may be made by its manufacturer is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher.