The premium version of the package included a 1,800-gram king crab, Peking roast duck and fotiaoqiang, or "Buddha jumps over the wall".

该套餐的高级版包括一只1800克的帝王蟹、北京烤鸭和佛跳墙。

Plant-based food company Green Monday launched a new product series called OmniSeafood, which features "fish" and "crab meat" made from soybean and peas, in Shanghai on Aug 23.

The new series includes frozen meals containing plant-based fish fillet, crab cake and tuna, and is now being sold at their restaurant Green Common at Raffles City Changning.

They simply "borrow" aspects of the flavors from the crab and yolks to create new coffee fusion tastes.

But what I saw all over the farm was only massive hogweeds and crab grass.

Among them is a must-eat list for tourists which includes soup dumplings, or xiaolongbao, from Nanxiang Steamed Bun Restaurant in Yuyuan Garden, mooncakes from Xing Hua Lou, and hairy crab dishes from Wang Bao He.

It has been working on the cultivation of freshwater crab and South American white shrimp via its wholly owned subsidiary Shanghai Bright Special Aquaculture Co Ltd, which was established in 2013.

By relying on Xinghua's unique advantages in agricultural products, aquatic products, and livestock and poultry breeding, Jiang's company has developed new products such as crab roe tofu, "lion's head" meatballs, fragrant fried lotus root strips and fried lotus root chips.

In fact, the volume of live crabs that Hunchun imports from Russia accounts for about 80 percent of China's total live crab imports from Russia, according to the local government.

They will be promoting a variety of star seafood specially selected for the Chinese market, including Norwegian salmon, shellfish and king crab.

The list includes industrial components such as pumps, certain car parts, chemicals, motorcycles, backpacks, crab meat and other consumer goods.

"There is one homestay operator who specializes in crab farming, and he can weigh crabs by hand.

"We noted a strong interest among many Chinese businesses and consumers in Norwegian seafood products such as salmon, Arctic cod, cold-water prawns, red king crab and etc," he said.

It yields over 4,000 metric tons of various aquatic products annually, including grass carp, freshwater shrimp and crab.

"Last year, we released 36 million crabs and started harvesting in August," said Yuan Jianhui, in charge of the crab breeding base.

A total of about 11,000 tons of the tasty and pricy mitten crab are expected to be harvested, 1,600 tons more than that of last year, according to Gu Donghua, deputy head of the Suzhou municipal bureau of agriculture and rural affairs.

The crabs have grown bigger this year as the city saw fewer high-temperature days, received adequate rainfall and was less affected by typhoons, creating a suitable breeding environment for the crabs, said Xu Hao, a local crab farmer.

A ceremony was held on Monday in Shajiabang township of Changshu city administered by Suzhou to commence the harvest, with this year's Yangcheng Lake crab anti-counterfeiting label released to facilitate authenticity checks.

Crabs are considered auspicious as the Chinese word for crab is "xie," which is pronounced the same as the Chinese word for "thanks. "

Hoang Ha, owner of seafood restaurant Lang Ghe Bien (Sea Crab Village) in the central city of Da Nang, said on Tuesday that in preparing to welcome back Chinese tourists, he was recruiting more staff, and building an agarwood shop adjacent to the restaurant.

The sizzling stir-fried crab with special Thai sauce, mixing spicy, sweet, salty and sour flavors, is also a pleasure for diners.

Local restaurant chain Shanghai Min aims to pamper diners visiting the Disneytown with traditional sautéed shrimp, noodles mixed with scallion, oil and soy sauce, as well as minced crab meat and bean curd.

Autumn is hairy crab harvesting season, especially in the Yangtze River Delta.

Along the shores of Yangcheng Lake near Shanghai, fine-dining restaurants and local eateries are scrambling to roll out pricey crab menus.

To tackle the problem, e-commerce company Pinduoduo has formed an alliance with the crab industry and authorities in the delta region to help different geographical locations build their brands and improve market access to consumers through its online platforms.

First class and business class at China Eastern recently introduced dishes such as peeled shrimp, ribs and pork balls with crab sauce.

Panjin in Northeast China's Liaoning province is co-developing its crab industry and rice industry, in an effort to raise production capacity and promote rural economic prosperity and peasant wealth in the region.

Data from the Panjin River Crab Association showed that amid challenges brought by COVID-19, in the first half of this year, Panjin's river crab exporting firms successfully completed all foreign order contracts, and exported a total of 2,620 metric tons of river crabs.

Zhang Yuman, head of the Panjin River Crab Association, said that the city produces an average of 20,000 tons of river crabs every year, and 4,000 tons of them are exported to South Korea.

River crab exports drive the development of the city's crab industry.

It spurs the market price of river crabs, thus ensuring the increase of crab farmers' income, he said.

The development of the crab industry also boosted the city's rice industry development.

Meanwhile, the crab aquaculture area was 106,666 hectares, with an output of 72,000 tons, ranking first among the prefecture-level cities in the country, it showed.

In the future, Panjin said that it will continue to use its ecological advantages to co-develop the crab and rice industry, build up its own brand, increase the added value of agricultural products, and promote the transformation and upgrade of local agriculture.

"With a greater variety of imported seafood flooding into China, consumers are able to taste a wide range of products as diverse as king crab from Russia, shrimp from South America, salmon from Norway and sea cucumber from the North Atlantic.

QINGDAO, Shandong - From Ecuadorian shrimp to Russian king crab, getting a taste of the ocean has never been easier these days for many Chinese.

Alaskan crab, French lobster, Argentine beef, Chilean cherries, fresh milk from Australia … these are just some of the items that are now popular choices for special family dinners during the festival season.

A premium version of the brunch, complete with Alaskan king crab, is priced 1,200 yuan.

Meanwhile, the Thai Ministry of Commerce said the country's seafood exporters, especially those dealing in fresh and frozen shrimp and crab, have benefitted from the shift in the China market's demand from the US to Thailand.

Among other things, it enables the model to do a smooth "crab walk".

A list of this year's nominees for model craftsmen in Conghua included planters, flower growers and crab raisers.