The seaweed cultivation industry in China has encountered challenges with suggestions that a red line of protection should be drawn on the sea area and tidal flats

“There are many people in China who are engaged in offshore large-scale algae cultivation, processing and production, but the coastal large-scale algae cultivation industry is currently encountering severe challenges." The Paper (www.thepaper.cn) learned that this year’s national "two sessions", representatives of the National People’s Congress, The proposal submitted by Zhang Lixiang, Party Branch Secretary of Huangwo Village, Gaogongdao Street, Lianyungang City, Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province, focuses on the sustainable development of large-scale seaweed farming and processing industries in China. China is a large seaweed cultivation country. In 2017, the area of large-scale seaweed cultivation in China was 14.53 10,000 hectares and a cultivated output of 2.2278 million tons, accounting for about half of the global seaweed production. However, in recent years, with the development of the marine economy and coastal rural urbanization, China’s seaweed cultivation has been ...