The 8th Annual World Congress of Ocean (WCO-2019) was held during November 2-4, 2019 in Xiamen, China. The conference has achieved great success. The theme of the conference was "Our Ocean, Our Future". The conference jointly held with the World Ocean Week in Xiamen, the 8th Annual World Congress of Aquaculture and Fisheries (WCAF-2019), which has also attracted a lot of attention.

This year's congress has obtained highly focus and extensive attentions throughout the world. Honorable leaders and distinguished guests worldwide have come to attend this congress. In the Opening Ceremony and High-level Dialogue, over 400 participants from more than 30 countries heard the warmly discussion from five honored leaders. During the whole three days’ conference, totally, there were in excess of 500 participants, 150 presentations, 40 posters altogether join in the two conferences. Most participants gave a high appraisal to WCO-2019.

After the conference many participants have expressed their satisfaction with the congress and had fine memories of Shenzhen. We believe that with the support and constructive suggestions the next conference will still be even better. We welcome you to join us next year.