On 17 December 2018, Haikou Maritime Court held a symposium on the judicial and administrative interaction and cooperation in relation to the utilization of marine resources and protection of marine ecosystem. The meeting was presided over by Jian Wancheng, member of the Leading Party Members' Group and vice president of the court. Attending were heads of relevant divisions and some judges of the court, as well as representatives from seven organizations, including the Provincial People's Procuratorate, the Provincial Agricultural and Rural Department, the Provincial Marine Police Corps, and the Provincial Ocean and Fisheries Supervision Corps.

Jian Wancheng welcomed and thanked all participants on behalf of Haikou Maritime Court, and had in-depth discussions with representatives of all administrative authorities based on their respective functions and roles. The discussions were centred on three subjects, which were “problems, opportunities and challenges in the utilization of marine resources and protection of marine ecosystem”, “judicial needs in the utilization of marine resources and protection of marine ecosystem”, and “opinions and advice about cooperation between administrative law enforcement authorities and judicial authorities in relation to the utilization of marine resources and protection of marine ecosystem”.

At the symposium, participants from the Provincial People's Procuratorate, the Provincial Agricultural and Rural Department, the Provincial Marine Police Corps, the Provincial Ocean and Fisheries Supervision Corps, the Provincial Ecological Environment Department, the Maritime Safety Administration of Hainan, and the Provincial Department of Natural Resources and Planning gave detailed descriptions of the handling and influence of cases in recent years in relation to the marine ecosystem and the problems they had encountered. The participants mainly explored practical issues confronting the law enforcement and justice in relation to the utilization of marine resources and protection of marine ecosystem, including: types and handling of illegal use of sea areas, definition of subjects in public interest litigation and the effective exercise of the subject capacity, how to effectively promote “3-in-1” maritime trials, how to handle an act which at the same time violated the Law on the Administration of Sea Areas and the Marine Environment Protection Law, the scope of compensation for restoring damage to the eco-environment, and how to correctly apply the provisions on “restoring the sea areas”.

Suggestions and advice were also given in relation to the coordination and interactive functioning of marine law enforcement and justice:

First, publicizing more typical cases to increase their social impact; second, establishing and holding regular joint meetings between marine law enforcement authorities and administrative authorities; third, promoting “3-in-1” maritime trials with the “3-in-1” trial of cases in the province concerning the marine ecosystem as a breakthrough; fourth, actively exploring the application of maritime injunctions to strengthen the protection of marine ecosystem; fifth, setting up and optimizing a marine ecosystem compensation system; sixth, conducting more studies of cases and precedents concerning the protection of marine ecosystem in the background of free trade zones, tightening marine supervision against international environmental policies and requirements, and providing reliable data in support of relevant administrative and judicial work.