The tilapia was introduced from Vietnam to Guangdong Province in 1957. Today, tilapia is the only exotic fish species to exceed 1 million tonnes. In 2018, its annual output reached 1.8 million tonnes, second only to grass carp, carp and crucian carp, which have been cultured in China for thousands of years. According to the China Fisheries Statistical Yearbook released in 2022, China produced 1.66 million tonnes of tilapia in 2021, surpassing slightly the 2020 production of 1.65 million tonnes.

In 2020, tilapia production in Guangdong reached 740,000 tonnes, accounting for 44% of the national total tilapia production. This could be because the tilapia came first to Guangdong and, coupled with suitable climate and convenient transportation, its production could easily reach this leading position in China.

The two towns of Tonghu and Lilin in Huizhou City, Guangdong Province, have always been the core areas of tilapia farming. Here, there are 2,000ha of fishponds, and the tilapia feed market capacity exceeds 40,000 tonnes. My first market research report was on the fisheries industry in these towns a decade ago. Apart from the bumpy road to the fishponds, a lot has changed.

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