2018 Cross-Strait Symposium on Aquatic Resources was held at IHB on April 10, 2018. 

Commissioned by Natural Science Foundation of China and Kwoh-Ting Li Foundation for Development of Science and Technology, 2018 Cross-Strait Symposium on Aquatic Resources was held at Institute of Hydrobiology (IHB) of Chinese Academy of Sciences on April 10, 2018.  

People who addressed at the symposium were IHB Prof. ZHU Zuoyan (CAS academician), IHB’s deputy director XU Xudong, ZOU Liyao (director) and WANG Wenze (vice director) from the Office of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Affairs at the Natural Science Foundation of China, Wan Chichao (general secretary) from Kwoh-Ting Li Foundation for Development of Science and Technology, Chang Chingfong (president) from Taiwan Ocean University. 

Scholars from IHB, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology of CAS, Heilongjiang Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences (CAFS), Huanghai Fisheries Research Institute, CAFS, South China Agriculture University, Taiwan Ocean University, Institute of Cellular and Organismic Biology, Taiwan Academia Sinica, gave 11 oral presentations on the mechanism of sex differentiation of hermaphroditic fish, mechanism of pH balance and salty ion regulation in fish, molecular mechanism of disease resistence in fish, molecular mechanism of hypoxia resistence in fish, development of anti-irido virus viccine in fish. 

The development and utilization of aquatic resources is one of focuses by scientists across the straits. Since 2014, ten research groups from both sides started cooperative study on common scientific issues. In three years’ time, each group shared its techniques and resources and made notable achievements. In November 2016, a mid-term symposium was held at Taiwan Ocean University. At this symposium, findings by cooperative study were introduced and summarized; further collaboration in the future was planned. 

IHB’s deputy director XU Xudong gave a welcome speech at the symposium.

ZOU Liyao, director of the Office of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Affairs at NSFC, gave a welcome speech at the symposium.

Wan Chichao, general secretary of the Kwoh-Ting Li Foundation for Development of Science and Technology, gave a welcome speech at the symposium.

Chang Chingfong, president from Taiwan Ocean University, gave a welcome speech at the symposium.

IHB Prof. ZHU Zuoyan (CAS academician), gave a welcome speech at the symposium.