Over 400 overseas researchers from more than 50 countries and regions attended the congress which has received 471 research papers from 39 countries and regions, including China, the United States, Japan and Russia.

Scientists and researchers worldwide are expected to continue the international dialogue in an effort to improve the information exchange and provide the latest research findings to the public through this meeting, said Christine Moffitt, former president of the American Fisheries Society, at the congress.

The Chinese government has worked to propel the sustainable growth pattern of its fishery resources and will need to cooperate with the rest of the world, said Liu Chengguo, vice minister of Agriculture.

The four-day congress is sponsored by the China Society of Fisheries, the World Aquaculture Society, Asian Fisheries Society and American Fisheries Society. It takes place once every four years.

Over 400 overseas researchers from more than 50 countries and regions attended the congress which has received 471 research papers from 39 countries and regions, including China, the United States, Japan and Russia.

China will host the International Aquaculture Conference & Exposition in 2002, as well as the annual meeting of the World Aquaculture Society, an official with the China Society of Fisheries said.

（People’s Daily 11/01/2000）