Facing the severe situation of the spread of new crown pneumonia, Fujian is still vigorously promoting international cooperation in agriculture, animal husbandry and fishery with countries and regions along the “Belt and Road”.
Due to the advantages of opening up and the advantages of mountain and sea resources, agriculture, animal husbandry and fishery have always been the focus of Fujian's expansion of international cooperation. Fujian has successively issued the "Notice on Six Measures to Promote Agricultural Cooperation with Foreign Countries" and the "Implementation Plan for the Construction of the "Sea Silk Tea Ceremony" in Fujian Province (2019-2022)", and policies on the work of attracting investment in agriculture, international trade of agricultural products, and foreign investment in agriculture Give key support.
Statistics from the Fujian Provincial Department of Commerce show that there are 63 newly registered agricultural, animal husbandry and fishery overseas investment enterprises in Fujian, with a total investment of 1.75 billion US dollars, of which 1.67 billion US dollars are invested by the Chinese side. Five companies including Hongdong Fishery were seleced as the first batch of China's top 100 agricultural foreign cooperation enterprises.
Fujian is the core area of the "21st Century Maritime Silk Road". Guo Ningning, deputy governor of Fujian Province, said that Fujian will play a more important role in the new round of opening up, and will continue to leverage its advantages in mountains and seas to promote international cooperation in agriculture and fisheries.
Experts at the meeting believed that facing the grim situation of the spread of new coronary pneumonia, new business opportunities are gestating in the changing situation. Professor Huang Maoxing from the School of Economics of Fujian Normal University pointed out that agriculture, animal husbandry and fishery are still important areas of Fujian's foreign cooperation.
With the advancement of the “Belt and Road” construction, Fujian Modern Fisheries has accelerated its transformation, and ocean-going fisheries have developed vigorously. Fishery cooperation with countries and regions along the “Belt and Road” is in the ascendant. At present, Fujian's offshore fishery development level ranks in the forefront of the country, with 9 comprehensive offshore fishery bases and 5 aquaculture bases abroad.
Every morning, a 10,000-ton refrigerated warehouse located in Mawei Port, Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, welcomes a batch of fish from the Atlantic Ocean-from Hongdong Fishery Co., Ltd. from Mauritania, a country along the "Belt and Road" 10,000 kilometers away. Fishing in the sea and transported back to the country. Lan Pingyong, chairman of Hongdong Fishery Co., Ltd., said that at present, Hongdong will speed up its deployment along the "Belt and Road" route, and many fishery projects are currently under planning.
At the 2021 Straits (Fuzhou) Fisheries Week and China (Fuzhou) International Fisheries Expo, Zhang Xianliang, president of the China Ocean Fisheries Association, is also optimistic about the vast space for offshore fisheries to go global. Zhang Xianliang pointed out that entering a new stage, the development of deep-sea fisheries faces challenges such as the adjustment of international fishery governance mechanisms, as well as opportunities for the in-depth advancement of the joint construction of the "Belt and Road". In the future, the development of China's ocean fisheries should adhere to the goal of a strong ocean fisheries, adhere to scale control, adhere to standardized management, adhere to transformation and upgrading and high-quality development, actively participate in global ocean governance, and strive to become the world's leader in ocean fisheries.
In the 1980s, Professor Lin Zhanxi of Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University invented the fungus and grass technology of using grass instead of wood to cultivate edible and medicinal fungi. "Crossing scientific research and new applications. Since 1992, Juncao technology has gone abroad, and its patented technology has been transferred to Japan, South Africa and other countries; in 1995, it was listed as a Chinese foreign aid project; in 2017, it was listed as a key project of the China-United Nations Peace and Development Fund project by the United Nations.
Lin Dongmei, deputy director of the National Juncao Center of Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, introduced that Juncao technology is of great significance in solving food safety, nutrition and health, ecological environment, increasing employment and poverty eradication in developing countries. It has been widely used in domestic poverty alleviation and state foreign aid. . At present, Juncao technology has spread to 105 countries; in Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Fiji, Lesotho, South Africa, Eritrea and other 13 countries have established Juncao technology training and demonstration centers (bases), and have cooperated with the governments and scientific researches of more than 40 countries. Institutions, enterprises, etc. have established cooperative relations.
This year is the beginning of the "14th Five-Year Plan" period. Fujian will strengthen foreign cooperation in advantageous fields such as traditional industries, modern agriculture, and project contracting, and deepen international cooperation in production capacity. Huang Maoxing believes that it is necessary to strengthen international cooperation in key competitive industries such as deep-sea fishery and Juncao to further enhance the level of investment. Deepening the international cooperation in agriculture, animal husbandry and fishery with countries and regions along the "Belt and Road" will greatly promote the realization of resource complementarity and scientific and technological innovation in Fujian's agriculture, animal husbandry and fishery.
(Source: China News.com original title: Agriculture, animal husbandry and fishery become a new hot spot for Fujian's expansion of international cooperation under the "Belt and Road")
