Recently, the CPC Qingdao Municipal Committee and Qingdao Municipal People's Government issued the Decision on Commending the Advanced Collectives and Individuals for Outstanding Contributions to the Construction of Qingdao as a Leading Modern Marine City. Qingdao Qicai Seed Industry Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Qicai Seed Industry") was awarded the title of Advanced Collective for Outstanding Contributions to the Construction of Qingdao as a Leading Modern Marine City.

Under the meticulous guidance of government departments at all levels and the strong support from scientific research institutions and cooperative partners, Qicai Seed Industry has always taken it as its core mission to serve the national strategy of building a maritime power, practice the "grand food concept", and address the "bottleneck" constraints in high-end aquatic seed sources. Fully aligned with the national marine strategic development layout, the company focuses on the major needs of independent and controllable aquatic seed industry and green industrial upgrading, and continuously promotes core technological innovation and the construction of an integrated industrial chain model. It has thus emerged as a leading force in China's land-based recirculating aquaculture industry and high-end aquatic seed sector.

As a national high-tech enterprise incubated by the research team of Ocean University of China, the company has been deeply committed to the integrated development of the entire aquatic seed industry chain. With the R&D and application of high technologies for land-based recirculating aquaculture as its core positioning, it has achieved remarkable results in the fields of seed source breakthroughs, technological innovation and industrial transformation.

In the field of Maccullochella peelii (Murray cod), after years of dedicated research and development, the company’s independently developed technologies—"Large-scale Fully Artificial Propagation Technology for Murray Cod and Industrial High-density Recirculating Aquaculture Technology"—have reached an internationally advanced level. These technologies have enabled the domestic substitution of this imported fish species and even its reverse export to its native habitat, establishing Laixi of Qingdao as a globally significant base for Murray cod fry breeding.

In the field of salmon farming, the company’s independently developed technology—"Large-scale, High-density Recirculating Aquaculture Technology for Large-sized Salmon Fry"—has reached an internationally advanced level. This technology enables the stable cultivation of high-quality, large-sized salmon fry, providing core seedstock support for the offshore aquaculture industry. Meanwhile, the company has mastered the technology for producing pseudomale salmon, which aims to further break through the full artificial propagation technology of salmon and improve the industrial seedstock guarantee system.

By virtue of its independently developed fully enclosed recirculating aquaculture system—the Super Fish Bowl® Aquaculture System—the company has built a low-carbon circular aquaculture model that enables efficient and eco-friendly aquaculture. The relevant technologies have been replicated and promoted in multiple regions, becoming a benchmark model for rural industrial revitalization. As a core cooperating enterprise in the provincial key R&D program, the company has joined hands with scientific research institutions to form a synergy for tackling key problems across the entire "breeding-reproduction-cultivation" chain. A number of its achievements have obtained authoritative recognitions including international certifications and the title of National Special and New Agricultural Products.

This award is a high recognition of Qicai Seed Industry's dedication to the aquatic seed industry and its efforts in empowering the blue economy through technological innovation. Looking ahead, the company will continue to align with the national marine strategic needs, deepen the "industry-university-research-application" collaborative innovation mechanism, accelerate the large-scale application and achievement transformation of core technologies, and continuously export the replicable "scientific innovation + industry + ecology" development model. It will contribute more to Qingdao's construction of a leading modern marine city and the consolidation of the national aquatic seed industry security barrier.