Hu Bo, director of the Marine Strategy Research Center of Peking University, evaluated that the risk of small -scale friction and conflict between China and the United States will be relatively high in the next five to 10 years.(Photo by Chen Laifu)

Professor Hu Bo believes that China ’s three major targets in the process of becoming a marine power are the second largest marine forces in the world, one of the poles to become international marine politics, and a world marine economic power.

China has participated in globalization since its reform and opening up, and is closely integrated with the world economy. Now it is also necessary to protect its national interests in the ocean and shift from agricultural civilization to marine civilization.Professor Hu Bo, director of the Marine Strategy Research Center of Peking University, believes that China ’s three major goals in the process of becoming a marine power are the second largest marine forces in the world, one of the poles to become international marine politics, and a world marine economy.Essence

However, with the rise of China's marine forces, the possibility of friction between China and the United States is becoming more and more likely.Hu Bo, a researcher at the Peking University Marine Research Institute, evaluated that the risk of small -scale frictions and conflicts between China and the United States will be relatively high in the next five to 10 years.

Hu Bo shared his opinion on the rise of China as a marine power and his impact on the world at a lecture held at the Lajienan University Institute of Technology, Singapore Nanyang University of Technology yesterday (January 16).

Hu Bo believes that after five to 10 years, China and the United States need to find a new balance and compromise. If both parties can accept peace coexistence, the problem may be resolved and the situation will cool down.

The strategic competition between China and the United States in the South China Sea in recent years has intensified. China, Indonesia, Vietnam, and the Philippines, the leadership of Southeast Asian countries in Southeast Asian countries in the South China Sea has not yet resolved.For example, the Chinese maritime police ship confronted Indonesian warships in the northeast of the Naita Islands on the 11th of this month. The U.S. Navy ships also carried out a free navigation operation in China as a provocative in the South China Sea last year.Essence

Talking about China's current marine forces, Hu Bo believes whether China has become the second in the world is still a complicated issue.

He explained that although China is currently considered to be the world's second largest naval power, from the perspective of displacement, China has only about one -third of the United States.Far.

In his opinion, China must build its own marine power through three levels of offshore advantage, regional presence, and global influence.

He believes that China needs to obtain a more balanced strategic position in the East Asian waters to maintain its own interests, security, political and economic interests, which also constitutes the benchmark line for China to become a marine power.

In the region, China should maintain effective military existence in the Western Pacific and North India Ocean outside the first island chain and protect national security and routes.Hu Bo pointed out that this constitutes a strategic foundation for constructing a marine power.

Hu Bo explained that the significance of the navy lies in the external strategy. If it is activated in the first island chain, it loses the meaning of the mobility and positive defense of the navy.

Hu Bo further pointed out that China also needs to provide more security items to the world globally through military diplomacy and non -war military operations to increase its global influence to the world and increase its global influence.

Hu Bo also emphasized that China is still learning how to become a marine power, so he calls on the international community to give China more space and tolerance.

He also believes that China can become a pole and a world marine power in international marine political multi -pole through political, diplomacy, and economy.

Hu Bo has also repeatedly emphasized that China pursues an open and inclusive international marine order.He pointed out that although there may be fierce competition between China and the United States in the Western Pacific, the two sides can still accept each other and coexist peacefully.

He said: The fundamental question is to how much China can accept the US's military existence in the Western Pacific and whether the United States can accept the rise of China as a marine power.