On December 3-7, 2018, authorized by the Fishery Bureau of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and invited by the Secretariat of IOTC, the Chinese science delegation, consisting of such SHOU teachers as Zhu Jiangfeng, Chenyong, Chu Xiaolin and Ma Qiuyun and graduate student Li Ya’nan, attended the 21st Scientific Committee meeting of IOTC held in the Republic of Seychelles. Present at the meeting were more than 70 representatives from 23 countries and regions (China, Australia, the EU, France, Bangladesh, Comorin, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Kenya, South Korea, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Mozambique, Pakistan, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Thailand and the UK, as well as five NGOs (ISSF, WWF and so forth). Scientists from Taiwan Province of China also attended the meeting as specially invited experts.