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Abstract The paper aims to identify the contribution of The Blue Partnership and related marine partnerships to global ocean governance based on a brief analysis of the challenges faced by global ocean governance as well as the history and characteristics of these partnerships. At present, accelerating environmental degradation, increasing human activities and intensifying climate change impacts are severe challenges faced by existing governance regime. Moreover, the efforts on enhancing global ocean governance is restricted by unfavorable international political environment and increasing governing complexity caused by decentralized governance entities and fragmented governance actions. In such a context, partnership, as a new type of governance model, would be a key approach to realize integrated ocean governance by coordinating governmental and nongovernmental entities in multiple levels and as an important method to supplement, consolidate and reinforce governmental and intergovernmental governing responsibility. The Blue Partnership Initiative proposed by the Chinese government is characterized by open and inclusive, concrete and pragmatic, and mutual beneficial, which is highly consistent with the spirit of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The establishment of The Blue Partnership is an important measure to implement the general framework of building allround partnership in field of international ocean governance and a key facilitator to implement United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and promote collective actions on strengthening global ocean governance.
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