William Leschen visited a range of govt research, academic and private sector aquaculture organisations presenting the research and work of the Group and the wider Institute of Aquaculture in Beijing, Harbin and Dalian. These included the China Rural Technical Development Center CRTDC, Chinese Academy of Fisheries CAFS, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs MARA and Dalian Ocean University. We would like to thank the British Embassy and FCO in Beijing for their support and cooperation towards future mutually beneficial collaborations. The Systems Group and the wider Institute of Aquaculture have been working across the Chinese aquaculture sector for the last 15-20 years in a range of disciplines, often with a number of our Chinese alumni who are now employed throughout the Chinese aquaculture research, regulation, and commercial value chains. For further details of this visit and also the wider research and work of the Institute in China contact David Little dcl1@stir.ac.uk or Will Leschen wl2@stir.ac.uk