On September 10, the first "Pangu Cup" world dragon fish championship was opened in Guangzhou Baiyi City. Researcher Wang Xuejie of Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute was invited to serve as the president and judge of the event, and delivered a speech and announced the opening of the competition as the chief referee at the opening ceremony.

Asian arowana is one of the most popular tropical ornamental fish with the highest market share and a symbol of high-grade ornamental fish. China is the largest consumer market of Asian arowana in the world. The ornamental fish competition held in Guangzhou, the core area of Chinese ornamental fish, has always attracted the attention of peers in the world ornamental fish industry. The appointment of researchers of the Pearl River Institute as the chief referee of the dragon fish championship is an affirmation of the research and promotion of the characteristic discipline of the Pearl River Institute, ornamental fishery, in this field for many years.

Since the Pearl River Institute established the ornamental fishery discipline at the beginning of this century, it has carried out fruitful work in the genetics, breeding and standardization of ornamental fish, and made due contributions to the rise and development of leisure fishery industry, one of the five major fisheries industries.