(260423) -- SHANGHAI, April 23, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Chinese and foreign youth representatives read out the Initiative on "Jointly Safeguarding Maritime Security and Building a Shared Ocean Future" during the opening ceremony of the second Shared Oceans * Shanghai Forum 2026 in east China's Shanghai, April 23, 2026. The second Shared Oceans * Shanghai Forum 2026 was held on Thursday in Shanghai, where participants called for stronger cooperation to build a maritime community with a shared future.

Themed "Shared Oceans: Maritime Security and Blue Prosperity," the forum, held at Shanghai Maritime University, aimed to serve as a bridge for maritime exchanges and cooperation between China and other countries, pool strengths to jointly safeguard maritime security and share blue prosperity, and inject impetus into the implementation of the vision of a maritime community with a shared future. (Xinhua/Fang Zhe)