HANGZHOU, May 26 (Xinhua) -- East China's Zhejiang Province on Monday launched an online fair to boost the export of aquatic products.

Scheduled from May 25 to May 29, the online fair is expected to connect professional purchasers from American countries with more than 60 Zhejiang-based aquaculture companies.

The fair will publish supply and demand information, exhibit aquatic products and enable virtual business meetings, according to the commerce department of Zhejiang, organizer of the fair.

With digital technologies, the online fair aims to facilitate trade between China and American countries, enhance market confidence and accelerate related companies' resumption of business and production, said Lu Chang, an official with the department.

Steve Hart, vice president of the Global Aquaculture Alliance, emphasized China's innovation in supplying seafood, depicting the online fair as a new approach to showcase products, despite the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic.

Zhejiang is one of the major Chinese regions in aquaculture production and trade, with its aquatic product exports reaching more than 2 billion U.S. dollars in 2019.