On the morning of April 3, GDUFS held the first working meeting and council of Collaborative Innovation Center for 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road Studies. This meeting was attended by representatives from coordination units including Wang Binwei, deputy director of Department of Education of Guangdong Province, Zhang Si, director of the South China Sea Institute of Oceanology (SCSIO) under Chinese Academy of Sciences and etc., experts from relating fields, Sui Guangjun, the Party secretary of GDUFS, Zhong Weihe, president of GDUFS and so on. It attracted many network media, which made the establishment of the center become a buzzword in themedia reports.