China Future Ocean Alliance (CFO) is a national, neutral, and independent scientific association that provides an international, open forum for marine researchers and end-users to share their knowledge and experience. Through its knowledge sharing network, CFO not only highlights the partners' scientific achievements, but also synthesizes and integrates future ocean-related research. CFO had its first kick-off meeting in Tsing Tao, China, in August 2014, concurrently taking place with a Chinese Academy of Science forum on future directions of marine sciences in China. More than 100 scientists from most of the marine institutions in China attended the meeting. One of the significant outputs of this meeting is the proposed China Blue Carbon Plan, which will potentially be a guide for the future directions in marine carbon sink research in China. The committee members of the alliance have consented to its objective of cross-disciplinary integration, synergistic innovation, resource sharing, and facing the future. To foster collaborative, interdisciplinary research that addresses human-natural marine science issues, to provide guidance for decisionmakers, managers, and communities towards marine sustainability, and ultimately sustainable development of the ocean at all scales, is what the CFO pursues.
One of the achievements is the ”China Blue Carbon Plan” proposed by the CFO in 2014, which is the first documentation of blue carbon in China, and has been put into research practice in the 13th Five-Year Plan of China. Six national key projects have been granted by the Ministry of Science and Technology.
Opening Ceremony of CFO
(Edited by Jiezhen Xie)
(Editing Contact：xjz@xmu.edu.cn)