From September 24 to 25, the World Coastal Forum 2025 Conference was successfully held in Yancheng, China. Government representatives, representatives of international organizations, experts, scholars and business people from all over the world gathered together, with the beautiful vision of promoting ecological protection and sustainable development in global coastal areas, and conducted exchanges and dialogues around the same theme on coast.

During the forum, four categories of important achievements (consensus among all parties, research results, practical cases, and signed cooperation) were formed, including the World Coastal Ecosystem Status Report and the International Case Collection on Synergistic Effects of Coastal Ecological Disaster Reduction (the Second Batch). The forum held that adhering to ecological priority and green development has become a common choice for global sustainable development, and the remarkable achievements of Yancheng Yellow Sea Wetland in biodiversity conservation and green and low-carbon development over the past 40 years are vivid practices and excellent examples of the harmonious coexistence between man and nature. The forum initiated the establishment of a land-sea integrated ecological governance system, promoted the protection and sustainable use of coastal natural world heritage sites, internationally important wetlands and migratory bird flyways, and better coordinated the high-level protection and high-quality development of coastal areas. After in-depth discussions, the forum reached the “Yancheng Consensus”: first, gather the strength of all parties in the world to strengthen the protection of coastal ecosystems; second, coordinate high-level protection and utilization to lead the high-quality development of coastal areas; third, cultivate new quality productive forces in coastal areas to stimulate the innovative momentum of the marine economy; fourth, deepen international cooperation and exchanges to build a new pattern of coastal governance.

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