Potential cooperation between China and claimant nations in the South China Sea ranging from maritime economic development to maritime tourism, fishery protection and island construction loomed at a maritime summit in Xiangshan, Ningbo, East China's Zhejiang Province.
Experts stressed that while it is important for China to protect its sovereignty, turning the South China Sea into an area of peace and collaboration is crucial as well.
The forum, which went by the theme, Cooperation and sharing: mechanisms of solving the South China Sea issue, was co-hosted by the China International Ocean Forum and Shanghai Federation of Social Science Associations.
The forum was held from September 23-25.
(Source:Global Times 2016/9/27)