Experts and officials from across Southeast Asia gathered Wednesday in Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, to advance sustainable fisheries and smart aquaculture technologies in the South China Sea.
The workshop brought together representatives from China, ASEAN countries, and international organizations including the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific (NACA) to share experiences and scientific achievements in sustainable fisheries development among countries surrounding the South China Sea.
Keynote presentations covered topics such as deep-sea aquaculture, the role of smart technologies in driving the blue transformation of aquaculture in the Asia-Pacific region, and the conservation of aquatic biological resources in China.
During the event, the South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute signed a memorandum of understanding on innovative cooperation with Universiti Malaysia Terengganu.
Int'l workshop on South China Sea sustainable fisheries held in Nanning
China's general public budget revenue reached 15.66 trillion yuan (around 2.33 trillion U.S. dollars) in the first eight months of 2026, up 5.7 percent year on year, according to data released by the Ministry of Finance on Friday. The central general public budget revenue increased 9.1 percent year on year to 7.0118 trillion yuan, while the local general public budget revenue increased 3.1 percent year on year to 8.6515 trillion yuan.
Tax revenue climbed 6.6 percent year on year to 12.91 trillion yuan in the period.
Domestic value-added tax rose 5.9 percent, driven by continuous growth in the industrial and service sectors and an upward trend in factory-gate prices, while corporate income tax grew 7.3 percent on the back of rapid profit growth. Meanwhile, value-added tax and consumption tax on imported goods increased 12.6 percent, driven by rapid import growth.
A total of 1.65 trillion yuan was refunded for value-added tax and consumption tax on exported goods, an increase of 70.7 billion yuan compared with the same period last year. By region, the revenues of eastern, central, western and northeastern regions increased 3.2 percent, 1.4 percent, 4.6 percent and 2.1 percent, respectively.
From January to August this year, China's national general public budget expenditure reached 18.15 trillion yuan, up 1.2 percent year on year. Expenditures on public well-being grew rapidly in the eight-month period, with social security and employment spending rising 6.5 percent and health care outlays increasing 9.2 percent.
China's general public budget revenue up 5.7 pct in first eight months
