Our Country Became The World's Largest Exporter Of Sea Product

● In 2021, China imported 17 billion US dollars of seafood, ranking the third in the world, including 2 million tons of imports, ranking the second in the world, and 1.329,400 tons of exports

● In 2021, the size of the pre-prepared aquatic food market will reach 85.6 billion yuan and is expected to reach 257.6 billion yuan in 2026

"International trade in aquatic products accounts for 54% of the total international trade in all animal proteins, far ahead of other animal proteins (livestock products) in international trade." Cui He, president of the China Fisheries Distribution and Processing Association, presented the research data at the meeting, saying aquatic products are the most heavily globalized trade category. The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization's (FAO) senior fisheries officer, Mathieu Mathieu, echoed this view, saying in a video address that "aquatic products are a straight international commodity".

Cui said, Our country is a whole world center of aquatic products processing, with perfect and sound aquaculture supply chain industry chain. Under the pattern of double cycle, our aquatic products market has a broad prospect and unlimited consumption potential. He proposed that enterprises should adhere to market orientation, take into account both domestic and international markets, adjust product structure, industrial layout and optimize business strategy in response to changes.

"In 2021, the scale of China's aquatic prefabricated food market will reach 85.6 billion yuan, accounting for one quarter of the country's prefabricated food market, and it is expected to reach 257.6 billion yuan in 2026." Zhang Qingmiao, president of Anjing Food Group Co., LTD., said that Anjing Food actively layout aquatic products prepared vegetables track. How to grasp the changes and trends of this track, he said, "we need to see opportunities and avoid risks, we need to do a good job of products and we need to position channels."

"For aquatic product processing enterprises and prepared vegetable enterprises, product research and development capability is the lifeline of enterprises." Chen Honghao, founder and CEO of the Future Society of Elephant Hand Prepared Dishes, thinks so. Yang Fengzhe, representative of Yangpu International Investment Consulting Co., LTD., said that China's prefabricated aquatic products are currently in a stage of rapid development, and further promoting industrial integration is conducive to activating the industrial chain of prefabricated aquatic products.

As one of the five parallel forums of the conference, the Prepared Seafood Development Summit Forum was held on the same day. More than 200 leaders of aquatic products enterprises and the upstream and downstream of the prepared vegetable industry chain gathered together with industry experts from different fields, such as agricultural product processing, capital market, food, catering, supply chain, industrial parks, etc., to share and exchange ideas on the technical path, development opportunities, supply chain upgrading, and fusion of cuisines in the current development process of the prepared vegetable industry.