Ten people were missing at sea after a fishing boat sank off east China on Sunday, according to the maritime bureau of Fujian Province.

The "Minlianyu 1917" was reported to have sunk at 5:40 p.m. in the East China Sea at about 120 degrees east and 26 degrees north.

Maritime rescue services are searching for the missing crew.

(Xinhua News Agency February 18, 2008)