With the deepening implementation of China’s maritime power strategy and the continuous advancement of the “Belt and Road” initiative, the marine economy is becoming a new growth point in the national economy. Against this backdrop, industries such as marine resource exploration, marine environment monitoring, offshore wind power, and marine fisheries are experiencing explosive growth in demand for high-end intelligent instruments. The unique challenges of the marine environment—high salinity, high humidity, strong corrosion, and high pressure—impose requirements on the reliability, accuracy, and durability of instruments that far exceed those of conventional industrial environments.
Traditional instruments often struggle to perform effectively in complex marine conditions, creating significant market opportunities for new intelligent instruments with high reliability, intelligent diagnostic functions, and robust environmental adaptability. For example, in the offshore wind power industry, each wind turbine requires dozens of monitoring instruments to track key parameters such as blade status, tower vibration, and gearbox temperature in real time. These instruments must not only withstand harsh marine conditions but also possess remote data transmission and intelligent early-warning capabilities.
As a national marine economic demonstration zone, Zhoushan’s local instrument and meter enterprises are facing unprecedented development opportunities. If relevant companies focus on the “marine-specific” niche market and develop specialized products such as shock-resistant pressure gauges for offshore platforms, high-precision sensors for deep-sea exploration, and intelligent marine instrument systems, they can carve out a unique blue ocean in the highly competitive market. This requires enterprises to not only possess precision manufacturing capabilities but also achieve technological integration across disciplines such as materials science, anti-corrosion technology, and intelligent data analysis.
It is worth noting that the barrier to entry in the marine instrument market is relatively high, as products must undergo rigorous environmental adaptability testing and industry certification. Enterprises should increase R&D investment, establish specialized marine environment simulation laboratories, and collaborate deeply with marine research institutions and universities to tackle technical challenges. At the same time, they must closely monitor international trends in marine engineering equipment technology and actively participate in the formulation of industry standards. Only by doing so can they secure a high-value position in the “deep blue” field of the marine economy and achieve a transformation from traditional instrument manufacturers to solution providers for marine-specific intelligent instruments.