On June 30, Ecuador reported that Ecuador Ministry of Production, Foreign trade, Investment and Fisheries announced Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute and Ecuadorian Aquaculture Association signed a cooperation agreement on biosafety shrimp farming. The agreement is mainly used to improve the technology of shrimp farming, thereby improving the quality of shrimp.

Ontaneda, The Minister of Ecuador Ministry of Production, Foreign trade, Investment and Fisheries, said that China is an important market and strategic partner of Ecuador, prawn is the largest non-oil export product of Ecuador, and China is the largest export destination of prawn. The signing of an aquaculture biological safety cooperation agreement is of great significance to enhancing the economic and trade cooperation between the two countries. Camposano, president of the Ecuadorian Aquaculture Association, said that the agreement will not only improve the technology of shrimp farming in Ecuador, but also play a positive role in stabilizing employment in Ecuador.