At present,various coastal countries and regions are attaching great importance to the marine economy developing.Under this background,researching Shanghai’s development of the oceans and marine economy is meaningful to the building of an “Ocean City” and to the further promoting of the development of the oceans and marine economy in Shanghai.The development of the oceans and marine economy is not only the need of its social economy sustainable development,but also to enhance the international competitiveness of Shanghai and to better serve the Yangtze River Delta region, the Yangtze River Basin, and even the countries’ strategic needs.The importance of Shanghai’s marine economy developing is expressed firstly in this article,and then the main problems in existence of the development are shown as follows:the ocean industrial structure should be optimized and upgraded,land and sea interaction mechanism should be further improved,the serious shortage in the resource development and utilization of estuary island,marine ecological environment protection and sustainable development situation is still grim,a weak independent innovation capability in marine science and technology areas,scientific and technological resources are in urgent need of development and integration.In conclusion,Shanghai’s marine economic development ideas and priorities are put forward in seven aspects as follows: change thinking and foster strategic awareness of the oceanoriented strength of the city,overall planning and focused distribution,industrial upgrading and structural optimization,emphasizing on the innovation,strengthen the land economy rapidly,and pay attention to the ecological protection and sustainable development of the ocean.