The China (Huai'an) International Food Expo (Food Expo) kicked off on Thursday 
in Huai'an, Jiangsu in eastern China with featured activities such as high-end 
summit, production-sales matching activities, brand promotions and food tasting 
events. The expo will be held four days in the "Canal City".

Also known as the "Gourmet City", Huai'an invited 456 domestic and foreign 
companies to the expo to exhibit tens of thousands of varieties of food, 
sourced globally, treating participants to a feast with "Jiangsu Taste", 
"Chinese Characteristics" and "International Style".

Theme on "Live a Fashionable Life With High Quality Food", the expo also 
attracts nearly 10,000 buyers from home and abroad to come for a deal.

The Huai'an expo already facilitated 32 intents of cooperation even before its 
opening ceremony with a total investment of 15.634 billion yuan.

During the expo's opening ceremony, Huai'an municipal party committee secretary 
Yao Xiaodong mentioned that Huai'an has always been cultivating the food sector 
into one of its advantages, making quality products such as Xuyi lobster, 
Hongze lake crab and Huai'an rice world-famous to build "A Bite" and "Huai 
Taste" as an influential brand. 

Huai'an, a major food city whose food industry output value exceeds 100 billion 
yuan, has been continuously breeding the "Canal Culture" and the "Huaiyang 
Cuisine" (one of the four classic Chinese cuisines) due to its canal, rivers 
and lake resources.

It is noted that Huai'an is now applying to UNESCO Creative Cities Network as a 
"Gourmet City" to better contribute to the high-quality and sustainable 
development of global food industry.

Source: China (Huai'an) International Food Expo