Guangdong Ocean University

Guangdong Ocean University is a provincial key university jointly built by Guangdong Provincial People's Government and the Ministry of Natural Resources, a comprehensive marine university with coordinated development of multiple disciplines, an excellent institution in the undergraduate teaching level assessment of the Ministry of Education, and a key discipline building university in Guangdong Province.

The predecessor of the university is the Guangdong Provincial Senior Vocational university of Fisheries, which was founded in 1935 and is the beginning of modern marine aquatic education in Guangdong. The former Department of Fisheries of Jinan University and the former Zhanjiang Branch of South China Institute of Technology (now South China University of Technology) have been incorporated into the university, which was upgraded and developed into Zhanjiang Aquatic College directly under the Ministry of Agriculture in 1979. In December 2001, the Zhanjiang Meteorological university, a national key secondary university under the supervision of the State Meteorological Administration, was merged into Zhanjiang Ocean University. In June 2005, Zhanjiang Ocean University changed its name to Guangdong Ocean University, and in January 2021, the provincial party committee and the provincial government clarified that Zhanjiang Ocean University would be the host university and would build the Yangjiang campus of Guangdong Ocean University with Yangjiang Municipal Government, the Provincial Department of Education and South China University of Technology.

The university is located in Zhanjiang and Yangjiang, two beautiful seaside cities at the southern end of China's mainland. The university is open to students from 29 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government, with 38,000 full-time undergraduate students, graduate students and international students, and 12,000 adult higher education students.

The three campuses in Zhanjiang, Hukwang Campus (the main campus, No.1 Haida Road, Ma Zhang District), Xia Shan Campus (No.40 Jiefang East Road, Xia Shan District) and Binhai Campus (No.5 Binhai Avenue Central, Xia Shan District), cover an area of 4,892 mu, of which Hukwang Campus is located on the east side of Hukwang Rock World Geological Park, a national AAAA grade tourist attraction. Zhanjiang Campus has College of Fisheries, College of Ocean and Meteorology, College of Food Science and Technology, College of Coastal Agriculture, College of Mechanical Engineering, College of Marine Engineering and Energy, College of Marxism, College of Economics, College of Management, College of Mathematics and Computer Science (university of Software), College of Electronics and Information Engineering, College of Chemistry and Environment, College of Shipping and Maritime Transport, College of Literature and Journalism, College of Law and Politics, College of Foreign Languages, College of College of Chinese Opera and Arts, College of Sports and Leisure, College of Continuing Education, and 19 other colleges.

Yangjiang Campus (No. 1 Luoqin Road, Jiangcheng District) is located west of Luoqin Mountain, one of the eight scenic spots of Yangjiang, and south of the scenic Luoqin Lake, with a total planning area of 3,500 mu, and 512 mu of land for the first phase of the construction project, which was completed in June 2021. The campus has 5 colleges including College of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, College of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Computer Science and Engineering, College of Food Science and Engineering, and College of Business, with 710 students enrolled for the first time. In the second phase, 7 colleges and 30 majors are planned to be built.

The university adheres to the spirit of "perseverance and self-improvement", insists on the philosophy of "quality, talent, academics and characteristics", and is based on the principle of "making the university the cradle of sea-related talents training in southern China, the highland of marine science and technology innovation, and the highland of marine science and technology innovation. According to the goal of "making the university the cradle of sea-related talents training, the highland of marine science and technology innovation, the important platform of marine culture inheritance and innovation, the important engine of the development of Guangdong's strong marine province and Zhanjiang's provincial sub-center city, and the high-level marine university of domestic first-class and international reputation", the university will implement the strategy of "connotation development, characteristic development and innovation development". With deepening reform as the driving force, discipline construction as the leader, talent training as the center, faculty construction as the key, education quality as the lifeline, improve the quality of universitying, cultivate a large number of comprehensive development of moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetic and labor, with international vision, national spirit, social responsibility, scientific spirit and humanistic literacy, innovation consciousness and professional ability, solid theoretical foundation, strong practical ability of applied innovation talents, to serve the national marine The university will serve the national maritime industry and local economic and social development.

As the cradle of marine talents cultivation in South China, the university has been receiving great care and support from the leaders of the Party and the State, and in January 1997, the former President Yang Shangkun was pleased to unveil the plaque of Ocean University, saying: Our country needs such a university. In May 2018, Li Xi, Party Secretary of Guangdong Province, pointed out during his research in Zhanjiang that Zhanjiang also has Guangdong Ocean University and other scientific and technological research and development forces, which have unique advantages in the innovation and development of marine resources, and should make good use of these important innovation platforms and use them as the main position for innovation and development. In March 2021, the then governor Ma Xingrui visited the university and pointed out that Ocean University should continue to strengthen its internal construction and play a greater role and influence in the strategy of strengthening the province of the sea.

Complete academic specialties. The university has "aquatic", "marine science", "food science and engineering", "ship and marine engineering" "Crop science" five high-level university in Guangdong Province key construction disciplines, six provincial key disciplines, including the first-level discipline of aquaculture, aquatic products processing and storage engineering secondary disciplines are listed as "climbing peak key disciplines", the first-level discipline of marine science is listed as The first-level discipline of aquatic sciences and the second-level discipline of aquatic products processing and storage engineering are listed as "key disciplines for advantage", and three second-level disciplines of machinery manufacturing and automation, animal genetic breeding and breeding, and agricultural economic management are listed as "special key disciplines". There are three primary disciplines of doctoral degree, such as "aquaculture", "food science and engineering" and "marine science", 11 primary disciplines of master's degree, and 12 professional degree categories. In the fourth round of national discipline evaluation, Guangdong ranked 1st, 2nd and 3rd respectively for the three first-level disciplines of "aquatic", "marine science" and "food science and engineering". There are 83 undergraduate majors, among which there are 11 national first-class undergraduate majors, 5 national specialties and 1 national comprehensive reform pilot majors; 10 provincial first-class undergraduate majors and 28 provincial specialties with advantages.

The faculty is strong. There are 2,343 faculty members, including 1,688 full-time faculty members, 677 associate degree holders and 648 doctoral degree holders; 95 doctoral supervisors and 388 master's supervisors; 2 specially-appointed academicians; 1 chief scientist of the National Key Research and Development Program of the 13th Five-Year Plan; double-appointed academicians, selected young Pearl River There are 8 double-appointed academicians, selected young scholars of Pearl River, "Yangfan Plan" leading talents of science and technology innovation, "Thousands and Hundred Ten Project" national training targets of Guangdong higher education institutions, and 14 provincial training targets; 15 people are selected as excellent young teachers training targets of Guangdong higher education institutions, 17 people are selected as "Yangfan Plan" of Guangdong Province. 15 provincial teaching teams, 9 provincial high-level research teams, 11 provincial and ministerial teaching teachers, 1 national meteorological teaching teacher, 7 members of the Steering Committee of Teaching in Higher Education of the Ministry of Education, 34 members of the Steering Committee of Undergraduate Teaching in Higher Education of Guangdong Province.

External exchanges are active. Facing the major needs of the country and Guangdong Province, the university has promoted strategic cooperation with foreign universities and research institutions in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. The university has established good cooperation with more than 50 universities and research institutions in the United States, Russia, Japan, Korea, Britain, Australia and other countries, as well as Hong Kong and Taiwan at various levels and in various fields, such as academic exchange, personnel training and scientific research.

Service to the community has a role to play. Overcoming the technical difficulties of sea rice and helping the "South Guangdong Food Security Project". Professor Chen Risheng, the discoverer of "Sea Rice 86", has achieved a yield of more than 900 kg per mu of sea rice, which has been widely reported by the People's Daily client, People's Daily, Nanfang Daily and other mainstream media platforms, and praised by academician Yuan Longping. He has developed marine energy collection, transformation, management and storage technologies based on nano power generation, temperature difference power generation, electromagnetic power generation and other power generation methods, and the results have been transformed and applied in various aspects such as seawater desalination and island power supply. Hosted the first national standard for PAHS determination in seawater, which has improved the level of marine environmental monitoring and enhanced the prevention and management of marine organic pollution. Developed key technologies for efficient and environmentally friendly feed for grouper, which significantly improved feed utilization efficiency, feed penetration rate and self-sufficiency rate of high-quality protein sources, and reduced dependence on international market fishmeal and soybean meal, and produced 84,700 tons of efficient and environmentally friendly feed for grouper, with new output value of 1.1 billion yuan, new profit tax of 220 million yuan, and increased income and expenditure of 55 million yuan. The company has developed comprehensive marine ecological restoration technologies such as artificial ecological coral reef restoration, mangrove ecological conservation and coastal wetland restoration, and restoration of large algal ecosystems along the southern coast. Developed the South China Sea fisheries information collection system based on Beidou Xingtong navigation and positioning technology, realizing the localization of fisheries resources data and tuna exploration and capture in the South China Sea. Overcame the international problem of full artificial breeding of sand cone fish and realized the industrialization of full artificial breeding of sand cone fish at home and abroad. We have cultivated new national agricultural varieties - Ma's mother-of-pearl "Sea Selection No. 1" and Vannabei shrimp "Xinghai No. 1", which provide strong support for the revitalization of China's southern pearl industry and promote the sustainable development of the southern pearl industry. Provide strong support for the development of China's shrimp industry to get rid of the control of foreign parents, their own leading the development of the shrimp industry, to enhance the competitiveness of China's shrimp industry to make outstanding contributions. Bananas, red river oranges, Haitai pineapple honey, dragon fruit, Maohai pepper series and a large number of new varieties of horticultural crops with South Asian tropical characteristics, new technologies from the Haitai out of Zhanjiang, to the country. Fully play the role of think tank, as the main supporting unit to participate in the construction of the Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Provincial Laboratory (Zhanjiang Bay Laboratory), presided over the preparation of a series of major plans such as "Guangdong Marine Culture Strong Province Construction Plan" "Guangdong Modern Aquatic Seed Industry Development Plan (2014 ~ 2020)". The university has provided more than 30 reports on the South China Sea fisheries to the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, providing an important decision-making basis for the management and development of fisheries resources in the South China Sea.

In the new era, the university insists on taking Xi Jinping's thought of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era as its guide, strengthens the overall strict governance of the Party, adheres to the direction of socialism, implements the fundamental task of establishing moral education, carries out the strategy of strengthening the country by the sea and revitalizing the countryside, actively connects to the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Hainan Free Trade Zone (Port), the economic zone around the Beibu Gulf, and actively helps Zhanjiang to build a provincial sub-center city and accelerate the modernization of We will focus on the "three-step" strategic arrangement to the middle of this century proposed by the fourth Party Congress of the university and the "nine major projects" to be implemented in the next five years, with the "innovation, coordination, green, open and shared" principle. With the development concept of "innovation, coordination, green, openness and sharing", the university will strengthen its characteristics with stronger measures, cultivate social talents with more advanced concepts, enhance scientific research with more persistent efforts, recruit high-end talents with a broader vision, and promote internationalization with a more open attitude, so as to build the university into a domestic first-class and internationally renowned high-level marine university as soon as possible. We will strive to build the university into a first-class, internationally renowned high-level marine university.