TY - JOUR AB - Purpose High-quality development of marine economy is a new concept put forward in response to the current national strategy in China. The purpose of this paper is to thoroughly understand the connotation and significance of high-quality development of marine economy through literature review, and further analyze the prospects for further research.Design/methodology/approach The authors first use the information visualization technology of CiteSpace to present a systematic review of the published literature from 2010 to 2019. Then, the authors analyze the researches on high-quality development of marine economy in terms of connotation, evaluation dimension, development path and guarantee mechanism.Findings Analysis results show that there is still insufficient understanding of the differences and links between the high-quality development of marine economy and the construction of marine power, intelligent ocean and transparent ocean.Originality/value Based on a thorough understanding of the subject, this paper puts forward the direction of further research on evaluation index system, path design scheme and policy system construction for high-quality development of marine economy. VL - 2 IS - 2 SN - 2516-158X DO - 10.1108/MAEM-10-2019-0011 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/MAEM-10-2019-0011 AU - Zhao Aiwu AU - Guan Hongjun AU - Sun Zhenzhen PY - 2019 Y1 - 2019/01/01 TI - Understanding high-quality development of marine economy in China: a literature review T2 - Marine Economics and Management PB - Emerald Publishing Limited SP - 124 EP - 130 Y2 - 2024/04/23 ER -