From December 16^th to 17^th, Jose Santos and Jing Li were invited to participate in the First Healthy Ocean Innovation and Development Conference, in Huangdao. Various topics were covered by the conference, including: ocean science for sustainable development; blue economy opportunity in South Africa; marine pollution and solution; marine biotechnology; marine ecosystem services; new material of crack arrested steel for ship and container; the digital future of ocean industries; the future development of the underwater resource exploration, among others.

During the meeting, Jose briefly introduced CLIVAR by highlighting three areas that are relevant to the meeting themes: 1) planetary heat balance and ocean heat storage, and the ocean impacts on climate; 2) ocean observations, in particular how to transfer the data to information and then to applicable services; 3) ocean modelling, in particular understanding the errors and limitation of models, to ensure a precise prediction of changes. Participants showed their interest in the discussion of ocean observation and data management: 1) inquiry on the cost-effectiveness on the investment of data was received from economist perspective; 2) participants noting the importance of data sharing, and in addition, also to share the sensors, equipment, method and scientists; 3) Paul Holthus, representative from World Ocean Council, also highlighted the possibility to obtain data from industry vessels and platforms.