On May 27, 2025, the Asia-Pacific Aquatic & Seafood Food Expo and the 7th Dalian International Seafood Festival (hereinafter referred to as "the Expo") grandly opened in Dalian City, Liaoning Province. This three-day event attracted nearly 200 fisheries enterprises from home and abroad, with an estimated attendance of over 30,000 professional visitors. The Expo is jointly organized by the China Aquatic Products Processing & Marketing Association and the Organizing Committee of the Dalian International Seafood Festival, and is operated by Huamo Group's Shanghai Huajing Exhibition Co., Ltd., together with Dalian Jiaxuan Seafood Festival Management Co., Ltd. and Dalian Jiufu Jiawo Industrial Park Co., Ltd.
Present at the opening ceremony were Cui He, President of the China Aquatic Products Circulation and Processing Association; Zhou Zhenlei, Vice Mayor of Dalian Municipal People's Government; Li Yanfeng, Vice Chairman of Dalian Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference; Yi Qingtao, Party Secretary of Dalian Ocean University; Xu Bo, Director of the Oceanic Development Bureau of Dalian; Liu Lin, Party Secretary of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (Dalian); Tan Mingjie, member of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; Cong Peigang, Chairman and President of the Dalian International Seafood Festival Organizing Committee; Ma Long, Deputy General Manager of Huashi Exhibition Division under Huamo Group; Gemma Meermans Matainaho, Executive Director of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), along with more than 30 foreign guests from seven countries and international organizations. Officials from fisheries authorities in various provinces, autonomous regions, and cities, industry representatives, experts and scholars from research institutions and universities, representatives from enterprises across the aquatics industry supply chain, media reporters, as well as buyers from home and abroad all gathered in the coastal city to attend the event, engage in discussions, and conduct business matchmaking.
At the opening ceremony, Zhou Zhenlei, Vice Mayor of Dalian, delivered a welcome speech. He introduced that Dalian, located at 39 degrees north latitude, possesses China's only nearshore cold water mass in northern China, boasting superior natural environmental conditions. In 2024, Dalian’s total aquatic product output reached 2.73 million tons, with the total fishery economic output value amounting to 83 billion yuan, and an annual trade volume reaching 5 million tons, placing it among the leading cities nationwide in these categories. Currently, Dalian is vigorously developing marine engineering equipment and smart fisheries, promoting the transformation and upgrading of marine fisheries toward informatization, intelligence, and modernization. Looking ahead, Dalian hopes to work hand-in-hand with all parties to deepen cooperation in aquatic products circulation and processing, jointly contributing greater strength to the prosperity and development of the fisheries economy in the Asia-Pacific region.
This event is packed with highlights, including exhibitions showcasing major global seafood wholesale products, concurrent thematic forums and sub-forums, and industry training sessions. The brand co-construction zone and the fresh cooking and innovation experience zone have proven especially popular. Additional featured events include themed promotions for national specialty fishery brands, Xinjiang specialty aquatic products, Norwegian Arctic shrimp, and Russian pollock gourmet tasting and promotion activities. Carefully divided exhibition zones provide broad display space for exhibitors from nearly 20 provinces and cities across China—including Liaoning, Shandong, Shanghai, Guangdong, and Xinjiang—and also enable visitors to systematically and comprehensively understand the latest developments in the aquaculture industry. This setup satisfies professional buyers' one-stop purchasing needs and realizes an immersive transaction loop where "exhibited items are commodities, and exhibitors are distribution channels," jointly opening new markets and driving a new chapter for the Asia-Pacific region's aquaculture industry.
At the 2025 Asia-Pacific Aquatic Food Expo, more than 40 member companies from the Dalian Food Industry Association, the Dalian預制菜Industry Association, and the Dalian Food Safety Association actively participated. The booths attracted large crowds, showcasing the region's distinctive aquatic food products and drawing numerous visitors, highlighting the vitality and competitiveness of Dalian's aquatic food industry.
To promote liberalization and facilitation of aquatic product trade, share development achievements with countries in the Asia-Pacific region, and advance the healthy development of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) in the Asia-Pacific, the China Society of Fisheries Processing and Marketing has successfully organized six Asia-Pacific exhibitions. These events focus on aquatic product production and markets within the Asia-Pacific region, highlight emerging characteristics and trends in the global aquaculture industry, and have played a positive and effective role in fostering international communication and cooperation. Widely recognized by the industry, this platform has become a key venue for stakeholders across the Asia-Pacific and around the world to learn about and master new technologies, developments, and concepts in the fisheries sector.
The successful hosting of this expo is of great significance for establishing a "one-stop procurement" service platform for the aquatic products industry in China and the Asia-Pacific region, as well as for promoting modernization of fisheries and fostering mutually beneficial multilateral trade cooperation in aquatic products within the region.
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