HAIKOU, June 15. /TASS/. The Chinese resort city of Sanya in the southern province of Hainan is accelerating the modernization of its fisheries sector, focusing on deep-sea aquaculture, the development of its own breeding capabilities, and the deployment of intelligent offshore platforms. According to the Sanya Daily newspaper, the industry is becoming one of the key drivers of growth in the city’s agricultural economy.
The development of the marine sector is being carried out under Hainan province’s marine economy development plan for 2026-2030. The document outlines a strategy for building a “new maritime Hainan” and increasing the marine economy’s contribution to the province’s gross regional product to more than 45% by 2030 and over 50% by 2035.
According to local authorities, the value of Sanya’s fisheries industry output reached 2.84 bln yuan (around $395 mln at the current exchange rate) in 2025, accounting for nearly 20% of the city’s combined agricultural, forestry, livestock, and fisheries production. In the first quarter of 2026, aquatic product output rose to 19,500 metric tons, while the sector recorded the highest growth rate among all segments of the agricultural economy.
