Forging Ahead toward the Sea to Develop Industries, Jointly Building a Blue Future
—— Smart ASEAN Link, Promoting Ocean-Oriented Economy – AI + Aquaculture High-Quality Development Conference
Prosperity stems from the sea, and maritime development underpins high-quality growth. As a pillar of China-ASEAN land-sea economic and trade ties, the blue marine economy leverages complementary fishery resources, solid aquatic trade foundations and broad cooperation prospects between the two sides. Aquatic industry has become a key sector for pragmatic collaboration, two-way trade and rural revitalization.
Hosted as a major supporting event of the 23rd China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit in Beihai, Guangxi, this conference aligns with the summit’s goal of deepening China-ASEAN cooperation and building a closer community with a shared future. Drawing on Beihai’s location, resources and industrial advantages in the Beibu Gulf, it targets full-chain aquatic industry upgrading. Serving the whole nation while linking ASEAN, the platform focuses on industrial promotion, trade matching and project landing. It facilitates government-enterprise communication and domestic-international docking, converting Beihai’s resource strengths into industrial, opening-up and economic edges and galvanizing China-ASEAN blue economic cooperation.
1. Endowment and Opportunities: A Blue Frontier in the Beibu Gulf
Guangxi, China’s sole coastal province in the west, stands at the forefront of ASEAN-oriented opening-up. Beihai, located in the core Beibu Gulf, features a 500-km golden coastline and premium aquatic specialties such as Beihai oysters and Hepu South Pearls. It boasts Guangxi’s largest, most complete and concentrated aquatic industrial cluster.
In recent years, Beihai has developed a full industrial chain covering ecological aquaculture, smart processing, cold chain logistics, branding and cross-border trade. Leading enterprises drive high-value processing of shrimp paste, seafood prepared dishes and frozen aquatic products. Supported by Tieshan Port and RCEP dividends, ASEAN trade routes have been smoothed with rising aquatic imports and exports. Aquatic industry now anchors Beihai’s marine economy, boosts fishermen’s incomes and connects ASEAN markets.
With ongoing RCEP benefits and deepening China-ASEAN marine cooperation, this conference will advance the standardization, digitalization, branding and globalization of Beihai’s aquatic sector and boost Guangxi’s maritime economy.
2. Pragmatism and Win-Win: Government and Enterprises Jointly Exploring New Cooperation Space
Centered on Technology Empowerment, Chain Linkage with ASEAN, Advancing High-Quality Development of the Entire Aquatic Industry Chain, the high-profile event gathers government officials, domestic industry leaders, associations and ASEAN business representatives to jointly plan blue industry growth.
The pragmatic agenda includes government and enterprise briefings, key project signings, site visits and trade negotiations. Participants will exchange insights on smart manufacturing, quality control, cold chain preservation, prepared dish innovation, full-chain traceability and ASEAN cross-border trade. Signed projects will cover ecological farming, intensive processing, cold chain and industry-university-research cooperation. Site visits and one-on-one trade matches will accelerate investment and deal implementation.
3. Blue Ocean Voyage: Embarking on a New Journey of High-Quality Development
Beihai has transformed traditional fisheries into modern smart fisheries, yet greater potential remains in deep processing, branding, cross-border collaboration and digitalization.
Backed by the 23rd China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit, the conference showcases Beihai’s aquatic achievements and fuels industrial upgrading and international cooperation. Domestically, it optimizes industrial structure and supports marine growth and rural revitalization. Internationally, it strengthens China-ASEAN industrial complementarity, trade connectivity and resource sharing.
Riding the Beibu Gulf momentum, Beihai is improving its business environment and industrial support to build a China-ASEAN aquatic cooperation hub, regional processing & distribution center and blue economy innovation highland.
This conference will amplify the summit’s spillover effects, pool industrial resources and catalyze cooperation. Through high-level promotion, project signings and targeted matchmaking, Beihai’s aquatic brand will gain greater recognition. All participants will seize marine opportunities, expand ASEAN markets and write a new chapter of high-quality China-ASEAN blue economic cooperation.
