The Chinese fish farm producing 24,000 tons of seafood a year
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What does it take to feed the world's largest seafood market? These aerial photos taken in the waters of south China’s Hainan Province show the largest deep-sea breeding base in Asia. /China News Service Photo

What does it take to feed the world's largest seafood market? These aerial photos taken in the waters of south China’s Hainan Province show the largest deep-sea breeding base in Asia. /China News Service Photo

The base’s 3,000 cages can produce an annual output of 24,000 tons of fish, worth 720 million yuan (about 104 million US dollars). /China News Service Photo

The base’s 3,000 cages can produce an annual output of 24,000 tons of fish, worth 720 million yuan (about 104 million US dollars). /China News Service Photo

China accounts for approximately 35 percent of the world’s seafood production. /China News Service Photo

China accounts for approximately 35 percent of the world’s seafood production. /China News Service Photo

At the same time, the volume of seafood imported to China has also been rising, to over 20 billion US dollars’ worth each year. /China News Service Photo

At the same time, the volume of seafood imported to China has also been rising, to over 20 billion US dollars’ worth each year. /China News Service Photo