Scores of officials from more than 10 countries will join over 1,000 Chinese and international guests for this week's East Asia Sea Congress and Xiamen International Ocean Week. The congress and Ocean Week officially begins on November 6. The paired events will include more than 30 meetings covering a range of topics related to cultural and economic aspects of the world's oceans and seas.

The Partnership for Environmental Management of the East Asian Seas is organizing the congress, which is coorganized by the local ministry of natural resources and the city of Xiamen.Ancillary events include a cultural carnival and a series of professional international marine exhibitions that are expected to attract nearly 300 exhibitors.