New impacts and countermeasures of nuclear waste water discharge from Japan on China’s aquatic products trade

Abstract

On April 13, 2021, the Japanese government officially decided to release Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the sea, which is harmful to the marine environment. Japan is adjacent to the East China Sea. The East China Sea is China’s main marine ecological aquaculture area. The discharge of nuclear waste water in Japan will inevitably have an impact on the status of China’s aquatic product industry and aquatic product trade. Based on the current situation of China’s aquatic products industry and the competitiveness of China’s aquatic products in foreign trade, this paper predicts the impact of Japan’s nuclear waste water discharge on China’s aquatic products trade. Therefore, China should actively use technological innovation, regulatory upgrading, optimization of fisheries technology and other policies in advance to deal with the impact of this nuclear waste water discharge.