An aerial drone photo taken on July 3, 2025 shows a national-level marine ranch in Lianjiang County of Fuzhou, southeast China’s Fujian Province. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)
Leveraging its unique marine resources, distinctive fisheries industry, and regional economic advantages, Lianjiang County in southeast China’s Fujian Province has in recent years been promoting the upgrade and intelligent transformation of deep-sea and far-sea mariculture platforms, and developing the farming of aquatic products such as kelp, large yellow croaker, and abalone.
So far, a total of 11 deep-sea and far-sea mariculture platforms have been deployed in the sea area off Lianjiang. The annual output of aquatic products is expected to reach around 2,000 tonnes, with an annual output value of more than 200 million yuan (about 27.92 million U.S. dollars).
This photo taken on July 3, 2025 shows deep-sea and far-sea mariculture platforms (rear) in Lianjiang County of Fuzhou, southeast China’s Fujian Province. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)An aerial drone photo taken on July 3, 2025 shows a panoramic view of a national-level marine ranch in Lianjiang County of Fuzhou, southeast China’s Fujian Province. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)An aerial drone photo taken on July 3, 2025 shows a marine ranch in Lianjiang County of Fuzhou, southeast China’s Fujian Province. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)An aerial drone photo taken on July 3, 2025 shows a marine ranch in Lianjiang County of Fuzhou, southeast China’s Fujian Province. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)An aerial drone photo taken on July 3, 2025 shows a fishing vessel in a marine ranch in Lianjiang County of Fuzhou, southeast China’s Fujian Province. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)A fishing vessel is seen in a marine ranch in Lianjiang County of Fuzhou, southeast China’s Fujian Province, July 3, 2025. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)An aerial drone photo taken on July 3, 2025 shows a panoramic view of a national-level marine ranch in Lianjiang County of Fuzhou, southeast China’s Fujian Province. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)An aerial drone photo taken on July 3, 2025 shows a fishing vessel in a national-level marine ranch in Lianjiang County of Fuzhou, southeast China’s Fujian Province. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)This photo taken on July 3, 2025 shows a marine ranch in Lianjiang County of Fuzhou, southeast China’s Fujian Province. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)
Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance,
a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went
back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016,
working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
