The Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Sakti Wahyu Trenggono is exploring the potential of fisheries cooperation with the City Government of Fuzhou, China. China is considered to be a strategic market for Indonesian fisheries products. It is known, the value of fishery exports last year reached US $ 1.12 billion. Or up 26.29% from 2021. The main export fishing products include shrimp, octopus squirt squid, seaweed, and crab crab. While Fuzhou is the capital of Fujian Province and is dubbed as a maritime city because of the location of its territory and the development of the marine industry is very rapid.
“This morning we briefly reviewed several fisheries industries in Fuzhou, and we view that Indonesia can work together and there are many Indonesian fisheries products that can be exported to Fuzhou,” Trenggono said in a written statement, Saturday (5/27/2023).
He said this when he met a member of the Permanent Committee of the China Communist Party (CPC) of Fujian Province who was also the Secretary of the Fuzhou CPC Committee, Lin Bao Jin in Fuzhou, Friday (5/26) yesterday. His visit to Fuzhou in the context of Twin Twin Park Two Countries cooperation between Indonesia and China, especially in the field of maritime and fisheries.
Trenggono also met with the Mayor of the people of Fuzhou City, Mr. Wu Xiande, as well as a number of fisheries industry players. In addition to the potential of trade cooperation, his party also offers cooperation opportunities in other fields, such as aquaculture, capture, and processing industry.
“Indonesia also has a large capture and cultivation fisheries resources, supported by an attractive bay and a broad coast. Indonesian fisheries governance also prioritizes the principles of blue economy that prioritizes sustainability,” he explained.
Meanwhile Lin Bao Jin, a member of the Permanent Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, Fujian Province who is also the Secretary of the City Committee Fuzhou welcomed the proposal of cooperation in the field of fisheries with Indonesia. According to him, both Indonesia and Fuzhou City have the same commitment to maintaining marine ecology’s sustainability. In fact, both of them already have a bigger cooperation umbrella namely Two Countries Twin Park.
“We have a good opinion about the deepening of strategic cooperation between China and Indonesia, the deepening of the implementation of the development of ‘two countries, two parks’, and strengthening exchanges and exchanges between Indonesia and Fuzhou, Fujian Province,” said Lin Bao Jin.
For information, Trenggono’s agenda in the city of Fuzhou includes visiting the Hongdong Fisheries Group and Mawey Mingceng Aquatic Product Market which is part of the modern fisheries industry in the region.
May 27, 2023, detikFinance
(https://finance.detik.com/berita-ekonomi-bisnis/d-6741636/ri-jajaki-peluang-kerja-sama-perikanan-dengan-kota-maritim-china)