Abstract Marine planning is one type of zoning, which is making a total disposition of marine economic development and marine resources exploitation on a certain district. With the quick development of our country's marine economy, we need badly to strengthen the study on marine planning, so as to speed up the exploitation of marine resources, promote the reasonable layout of economy and adjustment of industry structure of coastal area, try hard to make marine economy industries to be the new increasing spot of national economy, and also change the fact that our country's marine planning falls behind seriously. The author puts forward that we should, according to the geography coverage, divide the marine planning into four parts:international and comprehensive marine planning, national grade marine planning, provincial grade marine planning and municipal marine planning. ①The international coastal management planning is more strategic, and stresses on global strategy and action planning, so as to ensure the unitary action of coastal country. ②The main task of the national grade marine planning is to definite the action arrangement, aim, principal, and target, and with the target of the effective planning frame, put out a more clear and detailed development direction for the provincial, municipal, and regional grade area. ③The provincial grade marine planning can make a total frame for the development of coastal terrestrial area and inshore area, and carry out the guiding principal that the national grade has made. ④The municipal grade marine planning generally covers 10 to 100 km along the coastline, which usually has been left to resolve some special problems, and exploited as special areas now or in the future.
2005, Vol. 20 
