CHANGSHA, HUNAN, CHINA: In a corner of a quiet fish port in Mawei District of Fuzhou in Fujian stands the China-Asean Marine Product Exchange, a maritime exchange route currently in an “experimental” stage that aims to boost maritime cooperation between Beijing and the 10-member bloc.

Jian Zhou, chairman assistant, told a Philippine delegation of media and think-tanks that the exchange was established in April 2013 in preparation for the 21st Maritime Silk Road put forward by Chinese President Xi Jinping in October last year.

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