Photo shows fish caught at the opening ceremony of the 11th Jingpo Lake Winter Fishing Festival and the first Jingpo Lake Ice Fishing Challenge in Mudanjiang, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Jan. 15, 2026. (People's Daily Online/Su Jinggang)
Leveraging its unique geography and cold-water resources, Mudanjiang has vigorously promoted its cold-water fish industry, with aquaculture covering about 380,000 mu (25,333 hectares).
In 2025, the city's total fishery output reached 24,100 tonnes, up 11 percent year on year, with the annual output value climbing to 520 million yuan ($75 million). The growth underscores a distinctive path toward fishery revitalization driven by cultural tourism, technology and industrial chain development.