Asia's largest maritime exhibition and conference Marintec China has been cancelled as China looks to stamp out the latest Covid-19 outbreak.

The trade fair, which was scheduled to take place from 7 to 10 December, has been pushed back by six months.

As the rest of the world opens up and resumes travel, China is maintaining a zero-Covid strategy.

The country is reportedly battling a fresh Delta-driven Covid outbreak that has spread to 21 provinces.