Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and National Supervisory Commission website Chen Dongfang reported from Zhangzhou, Fujian Province. Open the packaging bag, put the dried shrimp about half a palm-sized dried shrimp, weighed it, put it in desiccant, and package it with labels... On January 17, in the Siyu seafood packaging workshop located in Aojiao Village, Zhangzhou City, Fujian Province, female workers sat in the "ocean" of dried shrimps and chatted easily, but their skillful movements were done in one gossip like a machine. In less than a minute, a box of dried shrimps that were about to be shipped to Guangdong was packed.

The thick mask could not stop the smile of the workshop manager Lin Hurui. While she was busy, she showed reporters the red nine-section dried shrimps. "These few days are the peak period for purchasing New Year's goods. We start packing at 8 a.m., busy and happy. Usually, we have to send about 300 orders a day, but today we have received 500 orders in the morning."

The delivery orders that pop up in the workshop computer come from a live broadcast room not far from Aojiao Village. This 14-person rotating anchor team is composed of "mothers" from Aojiao Village and surrounding areas. They held up samples and enthusiastically promoted the camera: "Our dried shrimps are caught from the sea and roasted directly. Only four kilograms of live shrimps can be roasted into a kilogram of dried shrimps. No preservatives or condiments are added. Soup, porridge and noodles are cooked, and the elderly and children can eat them..."

The people in southern Fujian often say that "there is only three points of life when riding on a boat." The former Aojiao people used a small boat to lift the whole family's livelihood. Nowadays, the villagers here have a new definition of "cultivating, farming, animal husbandry and fishing".

On October 15, 2024, General Secretary Xi Jinping visited Aojiao Village to learn more about the transactions of seafood dry goods and catch products. The article about "the sea" is his subject left to Aojiao Village.

As the first batch of people to "eat crabs" in Aojiao Village, Lin Hubin, the head of Siyu B&B, has a full schedule for the New Year. He introduced: "At present, 70% of the 38 rooms have been booked during the Spring Festival, and there are also northern customers who booked a room for one month at a time. We want to prepare a special New Year's Eve dinner for the guests in Aojiao Village so that they can feel the strong New Year's atmosphere in a foreign land."

The reporter learned that there are currently 117 e-commerce companies in Aojiao Village, with sales of 350 million yuan in 2024. Among the more than 4,000 people in the village, there are more than 500 e-commerce industry talents. In addition, there are 41 B&Bs and 13 Fisherman's Food Stalls, attracting more than 200,000 tourists every year.

Whether e-commerce or travel, chasing "fresh" is the password for its popularity. The blue ocean contains the gifts of nature. Fishing boats go out to sea to hunt for treasures, and each breeding farm prospers by the sea.

The car drove into the ring road in Aojiao Village and saw Wu Shouyi's breeding farm. This 17-acre farm is home to a large and small farm pond. On one side are grouper fry that is free to swim in the clear sea water, and on the other side are abalone fry that is quietly hiding under the bricks. "The annual output value of my farm is about 30 million yuan. It mainly cultivates and sells grouper fry in spring and summer. After National Day, it will start breeding abalone fry and will be sold in March next year."

Wu Shouyi, who grew up on the beach since childhood, has his own skills in "northern cultivation of seedlings in the south". He told reporters that the northern seas are rich in algae and can provide sufficient nutrients for seedling cultivation, but because the sea water temperature is low, it is not suitable for fish growth. If the northern fry is transported to the south for breeding, it will face the situation of "not adapting to the soil and water". "What my farm does is transition work, so that these small northern fryes can gradually adapt to the southern seawater conditions and improve their survival rate."

As the Spring Festival approaches, a cart of lively seafood sets off from Aojiao Village and walks to the tables of the people of the whole country. "Thanks to the continuous maturity of the seawater aquaculture industry, abalone sold for more than 200 yuan per pound more than ten years ago is now only forty or fifty yuan, and ordinary people in the inland can also eat affordable seafood." Wu Shouyi said.

The total social output value of the whole village is 1.55 billion yuan, the village collective income is 2.48 million yuan, and the per capita net income is 62,000 yuan - this is the report card of Aojiao Village in 2024. The new atmosphere of the new year, the people of Aokao are working hard to write.