The International Conference on Silk Road Archipelagos: Islands in the Belt and Road Initiative had been successfully held

On 9 November 2019, the International Conference on Silk Road Archipelagos: Islands in the Belt and Road Initiative was successfully held in Fuzhou, China. The conference was organized by Island Research Center, Ministry of Natural Resources; Island Dynamics, Denmark; Key Laboratory of Coastal Disaster and Defence, Ministry of Education; Foreign Commercial Division, Fuzhou Lawyers' Association; Sea Law and Free Trade Port Area Construction Research Center, and co-organized by College of Marine Culture and Law, Shanghai Ocean University; Institute of International Law Research, Fuzhou University; Tianjin Research Institute for Water Transport Engineering, M.O.T.; Law School, Fujian Normal University; Research Center for South Pacific Island Countries.

More than 250 participants came from Indonesia, Myanmar, Australia, Cannada, Denmark, United Kingdom, American, Italy, China, etc.attended the conference. Prof. Aiping FENG (Deputy Director, Island Reseach Center, MNR) and Prof. Guangqing QU, (President, Quanzhou Normal Unversity & Director, Sea Law and Free Trade Port Area Construction Research Center) gave the welcome speeches. Jinhai ZHENG (Vice President, Hohai University), Michael H. Glantz (Professor, University of Colorado), Kunliang GUO (Judge, Xiamen Maritime Court) as the keynote speakers shared their understanding and thoughts about the related issues of the island and OBOR. The opening ceremony was hosted by Prof. Xiangjun ZHANG from Fuzhou University.

11 panels were set up under the topics of “Island, Economy and Development”, “Island, Law and Governance”, “Island, Law and Governance”, “Island Disaster Prevention and Mitigation”, “Legal Issues on Island Development and Utilization”, “Island Protection and Space Management”, “Island, Economy and Industry Development”, “Island Construction and Ecological Conservation”, “Island Tourism”, “OBOR, Island and Future Ways”, “Resources, Regulation, and Globalization” exploring the frontier issues about Islands and OBOR. More than 70 speakers share their opinions.

Fig. 1 The opening ceremony

Fig. 2 Prof. Aiping FENG gave the welcome speech

Fig. 3 More than 250 delegates attended the conference

(Translated by Yuncheng Deng)