Against the backdrop of the restructuring of the global economic landscape,the promotion of blue economy co-operation has become an important force in promoting re-gional integration and development.Blue economy cooperation between Guangdong,Hong Kong and Macao Greater Bay Area and ASEAN countries has great potential and broad prospects.The thesis adopts gravity model and social network analysis to re-veal the spatial correlation of blue economy cooperation between Guangdong,Hong Kong and Macao Greater Bay Area and ASEAN countries and its network structure,to analyse the ma-rine industries with potential for cooperation and the pressure of transformation of the blue economy,and to explore the trend and path of cooperation between the Greater Bay Area and ASEAN in the field of blue economy.The study finds that the overall densi-ty of the blue economy network in the co-operation area is low,and more than two-thirds of the blue economy links still have large development potential;Thailand,Guangdong,Hong Kong,Macao and Indonesia are at the core of the blue economy network in the co-operation area,and are the'leaders'in blue economy development in the co-operation area,while Vi-etnam,Singapore,the Philippines and Cambodia are at the cen-tre of the co-operation network,The Philippines and Cambodia are at the periphery of the co-operation network and are the'followers'of the regional blue economy co-operation;the network strength of the nodes in the co-operation area varies greatly,indicating that the blue economy co-operation in the region is in an unbalanced state,and the degree of integration needs to be strengthened;at the same time,the results of cohe-sive subgroup analysis show that perfecting the co-operation mechanism and building a co-operation Meanwhile,the results of cohesive subgroup analysis show that improving the coopera-tion mechanism and building a cooperation platform play an im-portant role in promoting the blue economy cooperation between Guangdong,Hong Kong and Macao Greater Bay Area and ASEAN countries.Based on the above findings,the paper pro-poses policy recommendations to further develop the central role of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and promote the construction of the Greater Bay Area-ASEAN Blue Economy Partnership.
blue economySocial Network Analysisco-operative spatial linkagesGuangdong-Hong Kong-Ma-cao Greater Bay AreaASEAN