The Third Beijing Import Food Expo 2014 will be held on July 4 at the Beijing Exhibition Center. The exhibition is jointly organized by the China Chamber of International Commerce and Zhenwei Exhibition Group. It is reported that this is the only national import food exhibition held in Beijing, China. With the theme of "Sharing the Taste of the world", the exhibition has attracted delegations from 15 countries to offer visitors a taste of delicious food and experience exotic customs. Following the food from Thailand and Colombia, delegations from the United States, Canada, Brazil, Malaysia, South Korea, Japan, Russia, Spain, Turkey, Germany, France, Australia, New Zealand and other countries will also participate in the 3rd Beijing International Import Food Expo.
According to an official from the Turkish Embassy, a number of Turkish food companies will jointly participate in the exhibition, bringing a large number of specialty foods to show its unique food culture to the world. Located in Asia Minor region, Turkey straddled the Eurasian continent, with both Chinese and Western civilizations. The Ottoman Empire was once the capital here. Under the integration of the two civilizations, as another endpoint of China's Silk Road, Turkey, with its rich crop varieties, long historical process and various cultural infiltration, has produced a unique cuisine culture. The main products included hazelnuts, red wine, olive oil, fresh fruits and vegetables, dried fruit, black tea cookies, etc.
The French exhibition group will bring world-renowned red wine, foie gras, cheese; The German exhibition group will focus on "beer", white beer (also called wheat beer), clear beer, stout beer, Kosh beer, export beer and non-alcoholic beer with Bavarian white sausage, mince sausage. In addition, Canada's maple syrup, bacon, mineral water; Brazil's kasasa wine, coffee, matte tea, fruit juice, propolis, black beans; Spain's olive oil, Rio ja wine, Iberian ham; Russia's brown bread, milk, vodka, caviar; Malaysia's satay, coffee, spices, curry powder, tropical fruits; Seafood, mozzarella cheese, blue cheese, venison, black truffle for Australia; bee products, lamb, game, venison, lobster, avocado, strawberry, kiwi fruit, salmon, dairy products for New Zealand; kimchi, pickled sea food, beef, glutinous rice cake, casual snacks, nori seaweed for Korea; The sushi fillet, udon noodles, seafood, sake, curry and other cuisines from five continents of the world will bring a mouthfuls feast.
The demand for imported food is huge in China, a market of 1.3 billion people. According to the US Food Industry Association forecast that the sales volume of imported food in China will grow at a high rate of 15% a year, and China will become the world's largest consumer of imported food by 2018. By then, the domestic market size of imported food will reach 480 billion yuan, which is regarded as a huge "wealth wasteland" by global food enterprises.
It is understood that the Beijing Import Food Expo is the only national import food exhibition held in Beijing, China. China Chamber of International Commerce will integrate resources to build this exhibition brand project on a national scale. The organizer has more than 200,000 professional audience data, covering a number of buyers in China, import and export trading companies, food agents, distributors, large supermarkets, high-end clubs, high-end clubs and so on. This exhibition, China Chamber of International Commerce and Zhenwei Exhibition will organize a large scale of visiting purchasing group, strong buyer resources highlight the broad prospect of China's food market.
Xiong Xunlin, deputy secretary-general of the China Chamber of International Commerce, said the preparation of the import food Expo is in line with China's requirements to accelerate the transformation of economic development mode, adjust economic structure, expand domestic consumption, and promote industrial and consumption upgrading. Since the reform and opening up, China's foreign trade has developed rapidly and it has become the second largest economy in the world. At the same time, China proposes to speed up the transformation of foreign trade development mode, realizing the transformation from "export-oriented" to "both import and export", and from "mainly utilizing foreign capital" to "bringing in and going out", giving full play to the important role of import in macroeconomic balance and economic structural adjustment, and "expanding import" has risen to the level of national strategy.
