On October 26, the “Seminar on Fishery Development and Management for Arab Countries” sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce and organized by FFRC successfully completed. Prof. Ge Xianping, Secretary of the Party Committee of FFRC, attended the closing ceremony and delivered a speech.

Secretary Ge Xianping said that the exchanges between China and Arab countries have a long history, and the traditional friendship between China and Arab countries has become stronger and deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. As a national-level scientific research institute, FFRC will actively respond to the national call and try its best to meet international needs. Under the cooperation framework of the "China-Arab Forum", FFRC will thoroughly implement the common development strategy of China-Arab fisheries, expand the space for mutually beneficial and win-win cooperation, and work together to build a bright future for China-Arab fisheries.

On October 27, the first bilateral training program of FFRC in 2021-“Seminar on Freshwater/Marine Aquaculture Promotion for Senegal” was officially launched. Prof. Xu Gangchun, Deputy Director of FFRC, and Zhan Yi, Deputy Director of Wuxi Foreign Affairs Office attended the opening ceremony and delivered speeches.

At the opening ceremony, Deputy Director Xu Gangchun hoped that through China-Senegal fishery cooperation, the two sides could further build consensus and pioneer innovation to help the new session of the China-Africa Cooperation Forum be held successfully in Senegal and contribute “aquatic power” to the construction of a closer China-Africa community with a shared future.

Deputy Director Zhan Yi said that Wuxi Foreign Affairs Office has been committed to deepening foreign cooperation and exchanges, promoting the extension of industrial projects, organizing and participating in international economic and trade activities, and serving local enterprises to “go global”. Wuxi Foreign Affairs Office is willing to make full use of the “China-Senegal Fisheries Cooperation Platform” built by FFRC to promote win-win cooperation with Senegal in various fields.

Representatives of participants from Iraq, Oman, Egypt and Senegal were invited to give opening and closing speeches.