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In this paper we describe a brief survey on the aquaculture of Japanese-kelp (Konbu) in China and that Market in Taiwan. Taiwan is a remarkable Konbu market in world trade. Chinese cultured-Konbu drived from Japanese natural-Konbu (from Hokkaido Pref.) in Taiwan market. The main reasons for this are the following: (1) Upgrade of quality and mass-production by technical improvement. (2) Securing of domination in price competition. (3) Promotion of trade between China and Taiwann. We shall show the course of development and change of cultured-Konbu production in China; besides the contents of domestic Konbu market in Taiwan, in this paper.