Foundation of “Research Association for Industrialized Fish Farming, China Society of Fisheries (FAIFF-CSF)” and its first symposium were held in Qingdao West Coast New District (Huangdao District) on May 24, 2015. Related experts and scholars attended the ceremony and symposium, including Mr. LIU Zheng, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences (CAFS); Mr. JIA Xiao-ping, Board Chairperson of the China Society of Fisheries (CSF); Mr. SITU Jian-tong, Vice Board Chairperson and general secretary of CSF; Mr. SONG Ji-bao, deputy director-general of Shandong Provincial Oceanic and Fishery Bureau; Mr. XU Jin-bo, deputy director-general of Huangdao district Oceanic and Fishery Department; Mr. CHEN Yong, deputy president of Dalian Ocean University; Mr. LEI Ji-Lin, academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering; Mr. JIN Xian-shi, director-general of Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute (YSFRI), CAFS; Mr. XU Hao, director-general of Fishery Machinery and Instrument Research Institute, CAFS; Mr. WANG Qing-yin, chair of Mariculture sub-society of China Society of Fisheries.