--- title: "Artificial intelligence and the high-quality development of China’s marine economy: evidence from coastal provinces · AI Fault Line" url: https://aifaultline.com/research/p/doi-10-3389-fmars-2026-1817479/ description: "AI Fault Line is a neutral, evidence-cited field guide to why experts looking at the same developments disagree about AI's effect on productivity, jobs, inequality, regulation and the pace of change." --- [Research](https://aifaultline.com/research/) # Artificial intelligence and the high-quality development of China’s marine economy: evidence from coastal provinces S Liu, Bingjie Huang, Rongbo Wang · Frontiers in Marine Science · 13 Jul 2026 [Read original source](https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2026.1817479) Open access Where this sits in the debate - [Will AI actually boost productivity and growth?](https://aifaultline.com/debate/productivity/) · its finding supports the claim ([why studies differ](https://aifaultline.com/debate/productivity/#why)) Direction of the finding as read from the abstract by an AI model ([AI-written](https://aifaultline.com/about/)). ## Abstract Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping the paradigm of marine industrial development during the strategic window of accelerated digital transformation in the global marine economy. In order to investigate the effects of AI on China’s marine economic performance, this study builds a bidirectional assessment system that incorporates AI and the high-quality development of the marine economy using panel data encompassing coastal Chinese provinces and municipalities from 2011 to 2022. Results of the study suggest that AI greatly raises China’s marine economy’s degree of high-quality development. The Bohai Rim, the Pearl River Delta Economic Zone, and economically developed areas all benefit more from AI, according to heterogeneity testing. Further threshold analysis reveals a significant nonlinear relationship between AI and the marine economy, constrained by a single threshold effect of fiscal expenditure. This study offers a fresh viewpoint on the complex relationship between AI and the marine sector and offers policy implications for precise fiscal regulation during intelligent transformation in coastal regions. ## About this publication **Academic journal.** Published in an academic journal — typically peer-reviewed before publication, though indexing alone doesn't guarantee review depth. Published 2026 (3 months ago) Citations 0 (OpenAlex) 0 citations recorded by OpenAlex — too few 2026 papers in this collection for a fair comparison. [Chart: published 2026] ## More on this topic Related by theme, not necessarily by method or conclusion. - [Artificial Intelligence and Institutional Transformation across Regulatory Economic and Knowledge Systems](https://aifaultline.com/research/p/doi-10-64771-jsetms-2026-v03-i06-pp131-146/) Journal of Science Engineering Technology and Management Sciences · 2026 - [Governing the Ungovernable: Structural Contradictions, Institutional Limitations, and the Constraints of State Authority in AI Regulation in China and the United States](https://aifaultline.com/research/p/doi-10-30574-wjarr-2026-30-3-1617/) World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews · 2026 - [Governing the Ungoverned: A Framework for Responsible AI Deployment in Nigeria’s Informal Economy](https://aifaultline.com/research/p/doi-10-59256-ijrtmr-20260603031/) International Journal Of Recent Trends In Multidisciplinary Research · 2026 - [Digitalization, AI Adoption, and MSME Productivity: An Ibn Khaldunian Perspective](https://aifaultline.com/research/p/doi-10-22373-share-0060/) Share Jurnal Ekonomi dan Keuangan Islam · 2026 Overview assembled automatically from collected metadata. [How this site is built](https://aifaultline.com/about/).