SHANGHAI is to develop new oceanic industries — such as marine life study, marine equipment production and sea water desalination — to become a national pilot zone on the marine economy.

Zhu Shiqing, deputy director with the Shanghai Oceanic Bureau, said yesterday the industries would mainly be based on the city’s Changxing Island and Pudong’s Lingang port area along the East China Sea.

He was speaking at a seminar on the annual World Ocean Day.