(AseanAll)  — On September 24, 2026, China and Indonesia launched a capture fisheries cooperation program in Tual, a coastal city in Indonesia's Maluku Province. 

The launch ceremony was attended by Mr. Li Hongwei, Minister Counselor of the Chinese Embassy in Indonesia, Mr. Sakti Wahyu Trenggono, Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries of the Republic of Indonesia and more than 100 representatives from the two countries' governments, businesses and local fisheries associations.

Li Hongwei said at the ceremony that the 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road Initiative proposed by China, is highly compatible with Indonesia's Global Maritime Fulcrum strategy. The two sides have been advancing the alignment of strategies, plans, industries and projects to build a maritime community with a shared future. China is ready to use the launch as an opportunity to strengthen technical cooperation, resource conservation and coordination across the fisheries value chain with Indonesia.

In November 2024, the heads of state of the two countries witnessed the signing of the Technical Cooperation Guidelines to Promote Sustainable Capture Fisheries, and the launch ceremony marked the official implementation of capture fisheries cooperation between China and Indonesia.