The theoretical paradigm and practical logic of marine governance modernity

The modernity of ocean governance fits the law of development of the times, gives ocean governance a new value of the times, and plays a fundamental, overall and long-term role in the construction of a strong oceanic country. Based on the basic theory of governance modernity, the article points out that ocean governance modernity is a fundamental feature of ocean governance modernization. Explaining the logic of the modernity of ocean governance from four dimensions: the reshaping of ocean management institutions, the high-quality development of the ocean economy, the construction of a strong ocean state, and the participation in global ocean governance, and argues that ocean governance mod ernity is mainly manifested in the three modes of practice: the model of ocean management institutions, the digitalization of ocean governance, and the construction of the community of ocean destiny, and that there are challenges and risks in the governance of the institutional dilemmas, the contractual dilemmas, the interest dilemmas, and the implementation dilemmas. Undoubtedly, ocean governance is the proper meaning of realizing socialist modernization, and it will certainly inject new engine and new kinetic energy and new vitality for the high-quality development of marine economy. • Narrating the practice of marine modernity from governance institutions, digital empowerment and community of destiny. • Analyzing the modernity of ocean governance from institutional reshaping, ocean power, ocean economy, and global governance. • The modernity is analyzed in the context of ecological governance for the first time.