– Xinhua Silk Road: Huai’an, UNESCO Gastronomy Creative City, explores innovative development of food industry through major regional food exhibition
BEIJING, Oct. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — A major food exhibition in the northern Yangtze River Delta began on Thursday in Huai’an, east China, bringing together domestic and foreign experts to share knowledge on how to revitalize the food industry and better benefit the people.
On October 12, the 6th China International Food Exhibition (Huai’an) and Golden Autumn Economic and Trade Fair began in the city, the main origin of the renowned Huaiyang cuisine, one of the four major traditional cuisines of China. until October 14.
Before the food exhibition, another conference on the innovative development of the world’s food capital was also held in Huai’an to discuss measures to better build the creative city of food.
As a key place for the development of Huaiyang cuisine, Huai’an has attached great importance to promoting the Huaiyang cuisine industry, and by sharing the traditional food culture of Huaiyang cuisine with the world, the city became more known to the outside world.
In 2021, Huai’an became the fifth UNESCO “City of Gastronomy” in China, after Chengdu, Shunde, Macau and Yangzhou.
Wang Xianghong, vice mayor of the city, said that Huaiyang cuisine, as a striking hallmark of Huai’an, has been deeply integrated with the economic and social development of the city, and in addition to promoting Huaiyang cuisine, today Huai ‘an pays close attention to taking advantage of its role as one of the world’s gastronomic capitals to boost the local food industry for higher quality development.
Therefore, he expressed hopes that conference attendees will exchange opinions and knowledge on the heritage and application of Huaiyang culinary culture and expand related cooperation.
Delicious food is always an important link to strengthen global cultural exchanges. The food exhibition provides an ideal platform for active connectivity of the world’s cities and will help enrich the diversity and sustainability of the city, commented an expert from the UNESCO Creative Cities Network.
During the Conference, world gastronomic capital certificates were awarded to gastronomic consultants from special cities, and representatives from Xiamen, Chengdu, Wuhan, Qingdao, Suzhou and Chaozhou in China and Phuket in Thailand shared experiences on creative food and other related topics.
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