(official release of China's first National Standard for Ecological Restoration of Seaweed bed), China's first national standard for ecological restoration of seaweed bed, "Technical Guide for Marine Ecological Restoration, part 4: ecological Restoration of Seaweed bed" was recently approved and issued by the State Administration of Market Supervision and Administration (State Standardization Administration Commission) and will be formally implemented on December 1, 2023. It is understood that the national standard "Technical Guide for Marine Ecological Restoration part 4: ecological Restoration of Seaweed beds" was put forward by the Ministry of Natural Resources of the people's Republic of China and led by the Institute of Oceanography of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. it sets out the basic principles, overall process, analysis and diagnosis, program formulation and implementation of the technical requirements for the ecological restoration of seaweed beds.