8. Construction of a Comprehensive Application Platform for the Maritime Silk Road

Due to the lack of systematic basic theoretical support, there is no professional application system for the Maritime Silk Road either at home or abroad, which is urgently required by ocean navigation, remote islands and reefs construction, ocean engineering design, resource development, disaster prevention and mitigation, and so on. Since 2015, Zheng Chong-wei’s team has presented research on the management and plan for 21st Century Maritime Silk Road for the first time at home and abroad. This series of research systematically and finely analyzes the characteristics of the marine environment, as well as marine energy, important routes and port characteristics, geographical features, climate features, legal escort, and so on. Based on the previous research, we first analyze the importance and urgency of the construction of a comprehensive application platform for the Maritime Silk Road. We then propose to construct a professional application system for the Maritime Silk Road, covering the marine environment, resources, humanities, geography, economy, and legal cases to provide scientific reference for the national decision-makers, researchers, and marine engineering personnel related to the construction of the Maritime Silk Road.