Alaska eyes tasty China market

With China having already been Alaska's largest export destination since 2011, the governor of the northwestern US state wants seafood deliveries to China to triple "as soon as possible".

"We would love to triple our output. It would be one of our biggest goals in the years to come. I am not sure when it would be achieved, but I would like to have it happen as soon as we can," Bill Walker told China Daily in Shanghai, as he led the state's largest ever trade mission to China.

He is being joined on the 12-day trip by 50 representatives from 30 companies in Alaska, from sectors including fisheries, tourism and investment.