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Development Level and Obstacle Factors of China's Marine Food Production System
Haotian Tong1, Xiaoting Zhang1, Enjun Xia1
1School of Management, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China.
Foods (Basel, Switzerland)
|March 28, 2026
Summary
China's marine food production system shows slow growth, impacted by human resources and uneven distribution. Addressing these issues is key for national food security and nutritional supply.
Area of Science:
- Marine resource management
- Food security systems
- Sustainable aquaculture
Background:
- China's marine food production system development is crucial for national food security and nutrition.
- Understanding developmental levels and obstacles is essential for strategic planning.
Purpose of the Study:
- To establish a theoretical framework for evaluating marine food production systems.
- To assess the development level and identify obstacles in China's marine food production.
- To propose strategies for accelerating system development.
Main Methods:
- Grounded theory for constructing a 28-indicator framework.
- Fuzzy comprehensive evaluation integrated with entropy weighting for indicator assessment.
- Obstacle degree modeling for analyzing hindering factors in 11 coastal provinces/cities.
Main Results:
- Overall slow, fluctuating growth (3.23% annual rate) with significant regional heterogeneity.
- Key obstacles include insufficient human resources, uneven resource distribution (north vs. south), and output volatility.
- Development levels vary significantly across China's coastal regions.
Conclusions:
- Ecological restoration and strict controls are recommended.
- Restructuring the human resource support system is vital.
- Establishing multi-scale evaluation mechanisms can improve development.
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