Due to the influence of Japanese occupation, the practice of eating sashimi made from saltwater fish such as olive flounder and raw sea urchin has remained in part of the population of the Dalian City area of Liaoning Province, in the People's Republic of China.
中華人民共和国遼寧省の大連市周辺でも、日本の統治時代の影響で、ヒラメなどの海水魚の刺身や生ウニを食べる習慣が一部の中国人にも残された。