The delegation comes at teh invitation of independent candidate for governor Eliot Cutlet.
He told the Portland Press Herald: I want them to understand Maine lobster is better than Australia and New Zealand lobster, that we produce enough to export to China, and that it is a sustainable fishery which is very important to China and that they and we can make a lot of money with trade going that way.
Among the visitors are Ning Gaoning, chairman of China Overseas Food Corp., and Fang Fenglei, chairman of the investment fund Hopu.