And now the two sides are squaring off once more in Japan over the sale of farmed eels. Because of Japanese investment, in 1983 the mainland began taking major steps to develop its eel farming industry.
由於日本人的投資，大陸在民國七十二年間開始大力發展養鰻業，如今生鮮鰻魚的輸日數量，已達日本鰻魚進口量的八分之一。