BEIJING, July 27 (Xinhua) -- East China's Jiangsu Province will adhere to overall development of land and sea and the principle of intensive development to promote its marine development, according to a plan released by Jiangsu authorities.
By 2020, the province will form an oceanic spatial pattern with more efficient use of resources and more standardized development order and realize the coordination of coastal population distribution and economic layout, resources and environment so as to achieve sustainable development.
According to the plan, Jiangsu divided the ocean areas into three types, namely, optimized development area, key development area and restricted development area.
To be specific, there are six optimized development areas with a total area of 16,860.4 square kilometers, accounting for 53.65 percent of the province's sea area; two key development areas with a total area of 2,941.5 square kilometers, accounting for 9.36 percent of the province's sea area; and seven restricted development areas with a total area of 9,647.9 square kilometers, accounting for 30.70 percent of the Province's sea area.
In addition, Jiangsu also has six prohibited development ocean areas covering 1,976.7 square kilometers, accounting for 6.29 percent of its sea area. (Edited by Hu Pingchao, hupingchao@xinhua.org)
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