Participants at home and abroad discuss issues of maritime safety and call for international exchanges when attending the 24th Session of Asia-Pacific Heads of Maritime Safety Agencies (APHoMSA) Forum on Regional Cooperation in Fuzhou, Fujian province, from March 25 to 27. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

The three-day session focused on five key themes: regional cooperation, marine environmental protection, maritime safety, maritime accident emergency response, and the role of women in the maritime sector.

APHoMSA is a cooperative platform for maritime agencies in the Asia-Pacific. Currently, the mechanism has 29 member institutions and nine observer organizations.

Yang Jie contributed to this story.