One died and another four people were missing Wednesday after a fishing boat sank in a collision with a cargo in the East China Sea.

Eight people were on the Zhejiang-registered "Zhelingyu 4238" which collided with the vessel "Junrong 9" at about 7:45 p.m. off the coast of Wenling city, Zhejiang Province, said frontier defense officials.

Three were rescued. One died after treatment failed.

The fishery and maritime administrations as well as frontier defense officers were searching for the four missing.