1. Location: Nantong is located in the north of Jiangsu Province, far away from Shanghai, the economic center city of China, which makes the logistics cost and time cost of Nantong ocean centre relatively high, making it difficult to compete directly with Shanghai and other cities.
2. Many competitors: China's marine economy has entered a stage of rapid development, and Nantong ocean centre is facing challenges from many competitors at home and abroad, such as Qingdao, Dalian, Shenzhen and other cities are actively developing marine economy, which makes Nantong ocean centre face certain pressure in the market competition.
3. Lack of popularity and brand influence: Compared with other ocean centre, Nantong ocean centre's popularity and brand influence are weak, which makes Nantong relatively poor in attracting marine industry investment and talents. Nantong needs to improve its popularity and brand influence through continuous promotion and publicity to attract more marine industry resources and talents.