According to the Beijing Daily client message, on November 19, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Mao Ning presided over the regular press conference.

The Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK) reporter asked, according to the information, China has informed Japan of the suspension of imports of Japanese seafood products. Can the spokesperson introduce the relevant details and reasons?

"According to my understanding, the Japanese side previously promised to fulfill the regulatory responsibilities for the export of seafood products to China, ensuring product quality and safety, which is a prerequisite for the export of Japanese seafood products to China. However, the Japanese side has not provided the technical materials it promised," said Mao Ning.

Mao Ning emphasized that recently, due to the right-wing actions of Japanese Prime Minister Asahi Hayami, her erroneous comments on major issues such as Taiwan have caused strong public anger among the Chinese people. Under the current situation, even if Japanese seafood products are exported to China, there will be no market.

Earlier on the 19th, according to reports by the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK), the Chinese government officially notified Japan on the same morning that it would suspend the import of Japanese seafood products. Japanese government officials revealed that the reason given by China was the need to assess the monitoring of nuclear wastewater treatment at the Tokyo Electric Power Company's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.

Since August 2023, when the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant began discharging treated nuclear wastewater into the sea, China issued an import ban on Japanese seafood products. In June this year, China announced the resumption of imports of seafood products from 10 prefectures in Japan excluding Fukushima Prefecture and Miyagi Prefecture. At the beginning of this month, Japan had just resumed exports of scallops and sea cucumbers to China.

Reuters reported that for many Japanese companies eager to return to the Chinese market, re-imposing the ban would be a "heavy blow." Before the import ban was implemented, the Chinese market accounted for more than one-fifth of Japan's seafood exports.

On the 19th, Japan's Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Suzuki Norihiko, revealed that nearly 700 Japanese exporters had applied for re-registration to ship goods to China, and only three had been approved so far.

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