During the Xiamen World Ocean Week (November 6th – 12th), BioMarine co-hosted with Fujian-OIC the first edition of the China-EU Blue Forward Investment Forum.

The main objective of this side event was to open more bridges between China and EU on blue economy topics and explore new pathways to funding innovative solutions. To support this, BioMarine brought a delegation of five innovative companies from five blue economy sectors to explore opportunities for their implementation on the Chinese market. The companies were the following:

• Seaweed Concept (French lacto-fermented seaweed processing company)
• Eauzons (French aquaponic company)
• Sinay (French ocean data & digital twin company)
• GIT coatings (Canadian anti-fouling company)
• Adisseo (French animal feed company)

Over several days of site visits and meetings with key local stakeholders, strong interest was expressed by both sides in exploring synergies in areas such as research collaboration, data sharing, and business development. Just a few weeks following the event, several agreements were signed between French and Chinese companies.

Click the link below to watch a summary of the event: