Lu Lianxing, secretary of the party committee and chairman of Shandong Zhonglu Distant-water Fishery Co., Ltd
Tuna, recognized as the world's high-end marine economic fish, is known as the "king of the best fish in the deep sea", with high nutritional value, medicinal value and economic value. It is one of the three major nutritious fish recommended by the World Nutrition Society. Bluefin tuna, in particular, is ranked first among the four top delicacies in the world.
However, for a long time, the vast majority of China's distant-water fishing tuna is exported as raw fish, or some primary processing and re-export, mainly sold to developed countries such as Europe, the United States and Japan, and the market and price have been subject to people for a long time. The "good stuff" we worked so hard to catch was eaten by foreigners.
This article aims to unveil the "mystery" of tuna through a large number of data and data arguments. Tuna has extremely high nutritional value and has obvious effects on enhancing national physique. In particular, rejuvenating the sea is the only way for high-quality development, and the development of the marine economy has become a new engine for high-quality development.
We must vigorously develop the tuna industry, the Chinese people form tuna consumption habits, enterprises continue to develop new varieties and tastes, to meet the needs of the people; high-quality life and health can not be separated from the "perfect health food". "Good stuff" is time for us to eat on our own.
At the same time, the publicity and promotion of tuna will be incorporated into the national health plan and incorporated into the national health strategy, covering the nutrition and health of the whole population and the whole life cycle, and strive to meet the national health needs. Let more Chinese eat "deep blue, green, healthy, perfect" tuna, let tuna strengthen our nation, strengthen our country.
Tuna: The king of the best fish in the deep sea
Tuna is also known as tuna, the English name TUNA. It belongs to the family Mackerelaceae and belongs to the oceanic migratory fish. Tuna in a broad sense refers to the mackerel, swordfish and sailfish family in the fish family, with a total of about 30-50 species of fish. The weight of tuna varies greatly, with the largest weighing six or seven hundred kilograms and the smallest weighing only about three kilograms.
From the perspective of species, the quality of raw food tuna is from high to the end, namely bluefin tuna, big-eye (or big-eyed) tuna, yellowfin tuna, etc.; tuna live in the depth of the ocean about 100-400 meters, completely inaccessible to the heavily polluted coastal and coastal waters, called the last pure land from the earth, is a "deep blue, green, healthy, perfect" food.
Tuna whole industry chain refrigeration storage. Raw food tuna from fishing quick-frozen, sea transportation, land refrigeration, production and processing, land transportation and other aspects before the table thawing, are to maintain seamless connection of ultra-low temperature -60 °C refrigeration.
Ultra-low temperature refrigeration mainly has three major functions: First, to maintain the vitality of cells. After the tuna sashimi is thawed, the meat is delicious, tender and delicious like eating live fish; the second is to maintain the vitality of the functional ingredients. Ultra-low temperature refrigeration maintains the vitality of the cells, so that the active functional components in the tuna are not destroyed, and can be "taken" by various systems and organs of the body to use, directly exerting efficacy and role; the third is to kill parasites. Under the ultra-low temperature refrigeration of -60 ° C, the parasites and eggs in the tuna are "unable to escape the wings".
A large number of facts and studies have shown that tuna is rich in nutritional value, rich in nutrient-rich protein, rich in unsaturated fatty acids, can be intellectually healthy for adolescents, can strengthen the body for young and middle-aged people, can prolong life for the elderly, and can slim down and maintain beauty for women.
Tuna contains a large amount of polyunsaturated fatty acids, and omega-3 is one of them. Its biggest feature is that one is indispensable to the human body, and the other is that the human body cannot be synthesized and can only be extracted from food. Studies have shown that saturated fatty acids have adverse effects on health, while polyunsaturated fatty acids (omega-3 fatty acids) have many health benefits, and lack of omega-3s can lead to a variety of diseases.
Tuna is also rich in protein, taurine, vitaminS A, D, B6, B12 and other nutrient active ingredients, rich in iron, potassium, calcium, magnesium, zinc, iodine, selenium and other minerals and trace elements. The various active ingredients of tuna enter the human body to participate in complex metabolic activities, both a clear division of labor and cooperation, and the various effects are the result of comprehensive effects.
DHA, commonly known as "brain gold", is an unsaturated fatty acid that is very important to the human body. It is found in the human cerebral cortex at a whopping 20% and accounts for the largest proportion in the retina of the eye, accounting for about 50%.
The amount of DHA is key to determining whether the brain is smart or not. DHA is very important for the improvement of children's intelligence and memory, and can enhance memory, concentration and understanding for students and office workers who use their brains excessively, while the elderly can help to activate their thinking and prevent Alzheimer's disease.
Tuna is rich in DHA. It is the "crown of fish, the king of brain gold", containing 2.877 grams of DHA per 100 grams of tuna, and the content of tuna DHA is by far the highest among edible land animals, plants and marine life in the world.
Tuna is rich in EPA. Each 100 grams of tuna contains 1.972 grams of EPA, the first of all kinds of foods. EPA is also an unsaturated fatty acid, which can participate in various metabolisms of the human body, help keep blood vessels open, prevent blood clots, prevent the occurrence of stroke or myocardial infarction, ensure blood flow, and protect cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
DHA and EPA work together to help fight inflammation and cancer, making your body healthy and more happy. DHA and EPA have a clear division of labor in the human body, DHA is like a "commander", into the human brain, and EPA is a "combatant", involved in various metabolic activities of the body, but once the two "work together" can play an amazing role.
First, it has anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer effects and effects. DHA and EPA have a common anti-inflammatory activity and anti-cancer effect. As mentioned earlier, there are two polyunsaturated fatty acids in the human body, one called omega 6 and one called omega 3, which are essential fatty acids that the body cannot synthesize and can only eat from food, but the imbalance in the proportion of the two can lead to a variety of diseases.
The biggest effect of DHA and EPA "fighting side by side" is that it can balance omega 6 and omega 3, so that the excessively high omega 6 metabolism is eliminated to achieve balance, so that various inflammations (such as rheumatoid arthritis) and cancer can be treated or improved.
The second is to regulate bad emotions and keep a happy mood. DHA and EPA are closely related to emotional balance. A large number of clinical experiments abroad have proved that compared with people who do not eat tuna, people who often eat tuna are more positive and optimistic in the face of difficulties and pressures, more calm in the face of things, and more rational in handling things, which is because the DHA and EPA contained in tuna have the effect of regulating the balance of secretion and metabolism and improving bad mood.
The third is the highest protein content and the best balanced protein. Protein accounts for 27.4% of the overall nutritional content of tuna, and the protein content in fish is the highest, far exceeding pork (19.7%), beef (18.1%), chicken (17.3%) and other meats. The protein content of a box of canned tuna can basically meet a person's daily protein needs.
Tuna meat contains a complete range of amino acids, all of which contain 8 kinds of amino acids that are necessary for the human body and cannot be synthesized by themselves. Tuna protein is the highest quality balanced protein in animals and plants, and has strong bones, anti-cancer, uric acid lowering and other effects in terms of health effects.
Fourth, it is rich in taurine, has many effects, and enjoys a high-quality and healthy life. Taurine (2-aminoethionic acid) has physiological and pharmacological functions in most tissues and is an essential nutrient for human health. Taurine is very rich in tuna, with a content of about 40 mg per 100 grams of tuna.
Taurine plays an important role in the human body, and its main functions are as follows. One is to promote the brain tissue and intellectual development of infants and young children; the second is to enhance the contraction of the myocardium; the third is to strengthen the visual effect of the human body; the fourth is to enhance the ability to control emotions. There are also many benefits.
China is a big producer and exporter of taurine, with an output of 68,100 tons in 2019, and more than 90% of the world's taurine production is in China, of which nearly 90% is exported.
According to reports, the current per capita annual consumption of some countries in the world that add taurine as food is roughly as follows: Japan 60g (per capita consumption of children is more than 500g), the United States 50g, the United Kingdom 34g, Germany 32g, Canada 29g, France 26g, South Korea 19g, Singapore 17g.
The per capita annual consumption of taurine in China is more than 4g (including animal feed additions), and in the case of double deficiency of fish intake and food addition, the overall consumption of taurine is pitifully small. China has become a veritable "giant" in the production of taurine and a "dwarf" in the consumption of taurine.
Tuna consumption in China has not yet formed a scale
Global tuna catches are high, but there is no large-scale consumption in China. The data shows that every year, 85 countries around the world carry out large-scale tuna fishing activities, with an annual catch of nearly 7 million tons. However, the consuming countries are concentrated in more than 20 developed countries.
From the total data point of view, Japan is the world's largest tuna consumption of countries (accounting for 1.66% of the world's population, consuming more than 20% of the world's tuna), the United States is the world's largest tuna canned food market (during the Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq war, consumption once accounted for 44% of the world, since World War II, tuna canned tuna has achieved hundreds of wars of aggression in the United States), South Korea is the third largest consumer of tuna.
From the import and export data, in 2017, the top ten countries importing canned tuna were, in turn, the United States, Italy, Spain, France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Australia, and Canada; in 2017, China's export of canned tuna ranked fourth in the world.
At present, tuna has not yet formed a large-scale consumption in China. In 2019, China's tuna catch was 423,800 tons, however, the consumption was just over 10,000 tons. This also means that 410 000 tonnes of tuna are exported to developed countries in the form of raw fish, fillets, fillets and canned products.
Why is there less tuna consumption in China? In the author's view, there are mainly the following factors, tuna consumption in China started relatively late, consumers lack of cognition, consumption concept is relatively weak, as well as export earnings and domestic and foreign markets and other factors.
First of all, consumers do not have a strong concept of "perfect healthy food" consumption. Fishing companies only know that tuna is a "good thing", and the good place is not known; only know that developed countries such as Japan like to eat tuna, but do not know why they like to eat; only know that raw tuna should be refrigerated at ultra-low temperature, but do not know the mystery of ultra-low temperature refrigeration.
Moreover, the driving force of enterprises to promote domestic demand is not strong. Due to the implementation of international quota management for tuna, and the tuna consumption market is basically the consumption of developed countries, the foreign customers of various tuna companies are relatively stable, so enterprises will not invest a lot of time and energy to develop the "unrecognized" domestic market.
In addition, there is a lack of corresponding supporting policy support. As far as the government is concerned, at present, since the huge dividends brought by the tuna fishery industry have not yet been seen, there is also a lack of in-depth research and leadership for the tuna industry
Momentum for promotion.
The tuna entering the homes of ordinary people is just in time
Prospering to the sea is the only way for high-quality development, and the development of the marine economy has become a new engine for high-quality development.
In 2017, the country's gross marine product accounted for 9.4% of the gross domestic product, and China's sea-related employment accounted for about 2.7% of the country's total population. At present, it is timely to promote the tuna industry into the homes of ordinary people.
At the same time, with the changes in the economic situation, we are gradually forming a new development pattern with the domestic cycle as the main body and the domestic and international dual cycles promoting each other. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that facing the future, we must take meeting domestic demand as the starting point and foothold of development, and accelerate the construction of a complete domestic demand system.
We must vigorously promote scientific and technological innovation and innovation in all aspects, accelerate the promotion of strategic emerging industries such as digital economy, intelligent manufacturing, life and health, and new materials, and form more new growth points and growth poles.
The domestic cycle of tuna in China is imperative. In accordance with the requirements of the general secretary, as the leading enterprise of domestic ocean enterprises, Zhonglu COSCO will actively expand the domestic market, popularize and promote the knowledge of tuna, publicize and promote tuna products, carry out more investment in research and development, and increase the "perfect healthy food" of ocean tuna to be eaten more domestically and improve the physical health quality of the people.
Judging from the level of economic development, at present, China's economy is developing rapidly, and its comprehensive national strength has been significantly enhanced. Residents' income has continued to increase, and the level of consumption has increased significantly. Entering the stage of high-quality development, high-quality development is inseparable from a healthy physique.
Judging from authoritative data, it is imperative to promote the improvement of China's diet structure. Due to the problem of diet structure, the mortality rate of cardiovascular diseases and cancer mortality in China is high, and it is imperative to continuously promote the improvement of China's diet structure.
Tuna is rich in nutritional value, known as the "king of the best fish in the deep sea", high-quality life and health, inseparable from the perfect health food, "good things" is time for us to eat.
We have a large consumer market of 1.4 billion people in China, and we must continue to develop tuna series products suitable for various consumer groups and suitable for domestic consumer tastes and habits, at the same time, we are required to increase investment in scientific research, and constantly develop tuna series functional products with high scientific and technological content and high added value, making it the main force of marine power.
The only tuna industrial park in China landed in Qingdao
The report of the Nineteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China proposed to adhere to the overall planning of land and sea, promote the coordination of resources and space development between the sea and the land, and enhance the strategic position of marine economic activities as a whole.
It goes without saying that rejuvenating to the sea is the only way for China to achieve high-quality development, and the development of the marine economy has become a new engine for achieving high-quality development. Tuna has high nutritional value and high added value, and how to tap its blue potential and promote the innovative development of the marine economy is an urgent issue facing us.
The Shandong Provincial Party Committee and Provincial Government, the Qingdao Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government conscientiously implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech of "EconomicAlly Sketched Ocean" and "Marine Power" when he inspected Shandong, adhered to the principle of "people first, life first", took the people's life and health as the responsibility, and vigorously supported the construction of the Zhonglu Coscoste ocean tuna industrial park (marine innovation industrial park) project.
On April 26, at the "2021 Shanghai Cooperation Organization International Investment and Trade Expo and SCO Qingdao Forum on Local Economic and Trade Cooperation" held in Qingdao, Shandong Province, the Sino-Lu Cosco Tuna Industrial Park (Marine Innovation Industrial Park) project was successfully signed and landed in the Qingdao SCO Demonstration Zone, becoming the first comprehensive tuna industrial park in China and the only in the world.
Shandong Zhonglu Ocean Fishery Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Zhonglu Cossmos) is the only state-owned holding enterprise in Shandong Province that catches and processes tuna, is a leading domestic distant-water fishery enterprise integrating distant-water fishing, refrigerated transportation, food processing and international trade, and is licensed by the state as "China Tuna Trading Center", which undertakes the relevant responsibilities of China's tuna trading.
In recent years, Zhonglu Cossmos has forged ahead and kept its mission in mind. With the mission of making 1.4 billion Chinese can eat high-end delicious tuna, taking the production of high-quality assured food as its own responsibility, being the leader of "deep blue, green, healthy and perfect" food, shouldering the responsibility of high-quality life and health, taking the tuna industry as a national health cause, deeply cultivating the tuna industry, reflecting the responsibility of state-owned enterprises, walking in the forefront of industry development, and becoming one of the enterprises with the best quality of the development of china's distant-water fisheries.
Around the mission, Zhonglu Ocean Exhibition has carried out a series of strategic layouts. Focus on the "1" mission in social responsibility; promote the "2" transformation in strategic positioning; do a good job in product promotion of "3" articles; establish "3" standards in product specifications; build "3" marketing models in product sales; focus on "2" promotion in talent cultivation; and build "1" parks, "eight centers" and "two bases" in strategic deployment.
Under the leadership and strong support of party committees and governments at all levels, with the help of its own industry advantages and influence, Zhonglu COSCO will integrate domestic and foreign resources, build a distant-water fishery community, try to establish a distant-water fishery enterprise alliance, internalize the loose external market resources, and then better serve the enterprises in the alliance with high-quality and inexpensive services and flexible and diverse trading models, forming a synergistic effect.
Finally, activate the domestic market for tuna, strive to build the Zhonglu Ocean Tuna Industrial Park (Marine Innovation Industrial Park) into a national-level demonstration life and health industrial park, realize the strategic transfer of international tuna resources, and contribute the wisdom and strength of Zhonglu Ocean to the achievement of people's life and health, the development and expansion of the marine economy, and the realization of the "Chinese Dream" of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Integrate tuna into national health strategies
The report of the 19th National Congress pointed out that "the implementation of the Healthy China Strategy." It is necessary to improve the national health policy and provide the people with a full range of full-cycle health services. ”
Developed countries are doing everything possible to compete for the "perfect healthy food" of tuna, all of which are pursuing a healthy and long life. Japan is the healthiest and longest-lived country in the world.
According to data released by Japan in September 2020, the number of elderly people aged 65 and over in the country exceeded 36.1 million for the first time, accounting for 28.7% of the total population of the country, and the proportion of longevity population ranked first in the world. The secret of longevity of the Japanese people and the creation of many of the world's healthiest can basically be found in the functional ingredients of tuna.
According to the data released by the National Bureau of Statistics, in 2019, China's population aged 65 and above accounted for 12.6% of the total population. Compared with developed countries, China's road to health and longevity still has a long way to go.
To this end, establish a top-down industrial promotion model, the publicity and promotion of tuna into the national health plan, into the national health strategy, covering the whole population, the whole life cycle of nutrition and health, and strive to meet the national health needs.
"Healthy China" is designed from the top level, so that the "deep blue, green, healthy and perfect" tuna enters the homes of ordinary people, which will greatly improve the life and health level of our people. In addition, food raw materials such as taurine, which are related to life and health, should also be included in the national health strategy.
Learn from the Japanese school food law compulsory meal system. In 1954, under the realistic conditions of serious decline in the national economy, Japan still promulgated the "School Feeding Law" and implemented a compulsory catering system including tuna, and in just a few decades, it jumped from the brink of collapse of the national economy to become a world economic power.
At present, the first centenary goal of building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way in China has been achieved, and it is not a difficult task to include tuna in the compulsory school catering plan from the perspective of national strength and personal consumption ability.
Moreover, the concept of "young people's wisdom is national wisdom, teenagers are strong and the country is strong" and "no matter how poor they are, they cannot be poor in education" have long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and a catering system for primary and secondary school students can be formulated that is "mainly based on family burdens and supplemented by financial subsidies", and is jointly borne by finances and families at all levels.
The government led the establishment of the Tuna Industry Price Alliance. In view of the fact that the global quota system determines the limited and non-full competition of tuna resources, the relevant government departments lead the establishment of the tuna industry price alliance, which can curb the malicious price reduction of foreign countries and the "cannibalism" of China's ocean enterprises, and is more conducive to standardizing the development of the domestic market, ensuring the reasonable market positioning of tuna series products through the price mechanism, and ensuring that the individual needs of different consumption levels and different consumer groups are met.
Established a high-end professional tuna R&D institution. At present, there is no special tuna research institution in China, it is recommended to establish a special tuna research and development institution based on universities or scientific research institutions, including the research and development of high-grade leather products in tuna skin, the research of active ingredients such as tuna blood and internal organs, etc., to fully explore the function and value of tuna, develop high value-added, high-tech content products, and provide high-precision functional products, biomedicine and other products for national life and health.
Establish a unified standardization system for tuna products. In order to facilitate the promotion of the domestic market of tuna and the formation of synergy between distant-water fishery enterprises and food processing enterprises, the market urgently needs to establish a unified and standardized standardization system for tuna products, and accelerate the standardization of industrial development and market promotion. At the same time, a food classification mechanism is established to list "dark blue, green, healthy, perfect" tuna products as a class I or A food.
The government should increase policy support for the distant-water fisheries industry. Special support policies have been introduced, such as the implementation of duty-free import policies for tuna. In product research and development, publicity and promotion, market development, project construction, etc., tax reductions, financial and credit policy support are given to ensure the healthy development of the tuna industry that benefits the life and health of the whole people.