在贵阳2013年中国社会学年会上，中国社会学会海洋社会学专业委员会（筹）、中国海洋大学、上海海洋大学承办以“海洋社会变迁与海洋强国建设”为主题的第四届中国海洋社会学论坛，论坛内容涵盖海权与海洋强国、海洋社会学研究与海洋意识、海洋社会管理与发展、海洋文化与社会发展四个主要领域。与会学者就海洋强国与社会发展、海洋环境变迁与社会、海洋公共资源保护、海洋开发利用、海洋社会学理论建设、钓鱼岛争端、长三角海洋文化产业发展、南海石油开发、海洋社会管理模式创新、渔民增收、海洋教育与意识培育、海岛城乡一体化、当代中国海权论等议题进行广泛而深入的研讨。其中既有理论研究，也有实证研究；既有宏观研究，也有微观与中观研究。此次论坛表明我国海洋社会学研究经过十余年左右的酝酿与发展，至今已形成日趋明晰的研究对象与方法以及一支富有发展潜力的研究队伍，研究成果也受到越来越广泛的关注。第四届中国海洋社会学论坛被评为2013年中国社会学会学术年会优秀论坛。
On the 2013 annual conference of Chinese Sociological Association in Guiyang，（preparing） Professional Committee of Ocean Sociology of Chinese Sociological Association，Ocean University of China and Shanghai Ocean University hosted the Fourth China Ocean Sociology Forum with the theme：Ocean Social Change and Marine Power Constructions. The seminar focused on four fields：sea power and maritime power，ocean sociological research and ocean mentality，ocean social management and development，ocean culture and social development. Topics such as，sea power and social development，ocean environmental change and society，ocean public resources protection，ocean resources development and utilization，ocean sociological theories constructions，Diaoyu Islands dispute，cultural industry development in Yangtze River Delta，oil exploitation in South China Sea，innovation in ocean social management mode，fishermen’s income increase，ocean education and mentality cultivation，urban-rural integration in islands，contemporary Chinese sea power，were extensively and deeply discussed，with both theoretical and empirical researches and macro-meso-micro level approaches. The forum shows that after about ten years brewing and development：the research objects and methods of Chinese ocean sociology have been increasingly cleared；a team of promising researchers and scholars has become formed；researches have also won increasingly widespread awareness. The Fourth China Ocean Sociology Forum was awarded the “Excellent Forum” on the 2013 Annual Conference of the Chinese Sociological Association.
