"The integration of the six exhibitions creates an industry benchmark Five highlights lead the trend of food and drink" The 2024 China Food Exhibition ® (Guangzhou) and Guangzhou International Food and Ingredients Exhibition officially announced that it will be held in Guangzhou in September
The press conference of the 2024 China Food Exhibition ® (Guangzhou) and the Greater Bay Area Fruit, Vegetable and Fishery Industry Exchange Conference were successfully held in Guangzhou on May 21, 2024. More than 100 people from more than 10 countries, including Australia, the United States, Denmark, Italy, Belgium, the Philippines, Pakistan, Malaysia, Hungary, Argentina and Turkey, as well as representatives of domestic business associations and enterprises, attended the ceremony.
100,000 exhibition area to create the first exhibition of food and drink in South China
Yang Yong, director of the Guangzhou Council for the Promotion of International Trade (Guangzhou Chamber of International Commerce), said in his speech that in order to meet consumers' needs for healthy diets and high-quality and diverse ingredients. This year, the Guangzhou Council for the Promotion of International Trade (Guangzhou International Chamber of Commerce) will join hands with relevant institutions to jointly create an industry event with a scale of 100,000 square meters through the integration of industry resources, and write a new chapter for the cooperation of the city's exhibition industry projects.
As a core hub city in the Greater Bay Area, Guangzhou not only has a large population, an active economy, convenient transportation and developed trade, but also has nearly 1,000 years of food culture accumulation and extensive social consensus. According to the data, by the end of 2023, the total number of registered catering business entities in the city will reach 240,000, and Guangzhou will have nearly 134 restaurants per 10,000 people, ranking first in the country in terms of network density, showing Guangzhou's strong consumption potential and good development prospects for the food and beverage industry.
Eight high-quality themes, laying out the whole industry chain of the food and beverage industry
According to Qi Yilong, president of the Guangdong Imported Food Association, the exhibition was hosted by the Business Development Center, the Guangzhou Chamber of Commerce of the China Chamber of International Commerce, the Guangdong Imported Food Association, and the Star World Exhibition (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd., and co-sponsored by China Food Safety News, Guangzhou Jiangnan Agriculture (Group) Development Co., Ltd., and Guangzhou Global Boyi Exhibition Co., Ltd., and organized by the Guangzhou Chamber of Commerce of the China Chamber of International Commerce, Star World Exhibition (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd., Shanghai Hehe Convention and Exhibition Group, and Wanguohui-Wanguolian. Co-organized by Guangzhou Aosheng Supply Chain Management Co., Ltd., more than 2,000 high-quality brand enterprises from more than 40 countries and regions around the world will participate in the exhibition, and it is expected to attract 100,000 professional visitors. The exhibition set up eight themes, including brand food, high-quality fruits and vegetables, imported food, catering ingredients, fishery and aquatic products, comprehensive food, health and food equipment, and comprehensively displayed the layout of the whole industry chain from raw materials to finished products.
Pavilions from Italy, Spain, Turkey, Australia, Chile, Thailand, South Korea, India, Singapore, Malaysia, Pakistan, UAE and other parts of the world will present visitors with exotic specialties, such as Italian wine, beer, ketchup, Korean snacks, Southeast Asian ingredients, Pakistani cookies, Emirati beer, etc. Guangdong, Fujian, Shandong, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Henan, Guizhou, Hubei (Wuhan), Yunnan, Heilongjiang, Hunan, Hebei, Shanxi, Ningxia and other domestic pavilions will bring leading enterprises and famous products from all over the world to participate in the exhibition.
The three major import categories help the new demand for consumption upgrading
The exhibition is committed to combining imported high-quality food resources with domestic consumption upgrading needs. Imported food, fruits and vegetables, and aquatic products have become the focus of professional buyers. Guangzhou Jiangnan Agriculture (Group) Development Co., Ltd. is the most powerful and brand enterprise in the field of agricultural product circulation in China, with 30 years of industry experience. Founded in 1994, Guangzhou Jiangnan Fruit and Vegetable Wholesale Market has developed into the largest fruit and vegetable wholesale market in Guangzhou and the largest fruit and vegetable distribution center in China and Southeast Asia.
"Guangzhou (Jiangnan) International Fruit and Vegetable Industry Expo will cover core products and services such as fresh fruits and vegetables, logistics, machinery, technology, and packaging. Fruit and vegetable producers, suppliers, buyers and industry experts from all over the world are invited to discuss the new opportunities, new challenges and new future of the fruit and vegetable industry. Mr. Ye Canjiang, chairman of the board, introduced.
Zhu Yongli, founder of Wanguohui-Wanguolian, and Peng Ying, project director of the Organizing Committee of Guangzhou International Fishery and Fishery Expo, shared the development status of China's fruit market and the successful cases of fruit and vegetable imports, as well as the development status of the imported aquatic products industry. "The market share of imported fruits accounts for about a quarter of China's fruit market. The import value of tropical fruits, including durian and banana, is about 15 billion US dollars. Zhu Yongli said.
"As one of the world's largest consumers of aquatic products, China has a huge demand for aquatic products. It is expected that China's aquatic product imports will continue to maintain a rapid growth momentum in the next five years. In addition, aquatic products are one of the important varieties imported by cross-border e-commerce, and with the trend of consumption facilitation, there is great potential for future imports. "After years of cultivation, the Guangzhou International Fishery Expo has become the vane of the aquatic industry, the window of the link between China's aquatic products and the world aquatic market, and an international, professional and branded global trade event integrating new aquatic products, fishery technology, technical exchanges, and production and marketing docking!" Peng Ying told reporters.
12 docking channels to build a high-quality B2B platform
After more than 20 years of deep cultivation and brand precipitation in the food industry, "China Food Exhibition" has become the preferred platform for the release and trading of all categories, high quality and new products in the food and beverage industry at home and abroad. In order to help enterprises build a bridge with buyers, the fair will invite buyers from chain catering, group meals, takeaways, hotels, aviation logistics, village kitchens and other channels to accelerate the expansion of B-end channels and business. At the same time, traditional retail channels such as large-scale supermarkets, convenience stores, and food wholesale markets, as well as emerging retail channels such as live streaming, fresh e-commerce, and community group buying, are invited to help enterprises B and C make efforts at both ends.
The reporter learned that in order to dig deeper into the procurement needs of buyers, the organizer will conduct targeted two-way introduction of key customer booths at the exhibition site. Special business matching sessions will be held according to different categories and channels to help exhibitors and buyers accurately connect and achieve accurate matching of the needs of both parties.
30+ supporting activities to gain insight into new trends in the development of the industry
More than 30 thematic forums, competitions and interactive experience activities will be held during the exhibition, inviting leaders, experts, scholars and celebrity chefs from the agricultural, food and catering industries to gather together to share industry hotspots, successful experiences and technological achievements, and discuss new developments and new opportunities with forward-looking and diversified visions, bringing a more international perspective and new ideas to adapt to localized development for the whole food industry chain, and helping enterprises to further identify the development of the industry.
At the same time, there will also be exciting industry forums, including: Imported Food Development Forum, the 4th Food and Beverage Capital Forum, the International Fruit and Vegetable Import and Export Conference and other forums and conferences, as well as the Asian Youth Baking Competition, China Tea Blender Skills Competition, China Coffee Brewing Competition, Durian Creative Competition and other exciting events, as well as a series of product promotion and resource matching activities carried out by pavilions from all over the world, bringing a rich experience to the audience.
Set up a stage with an exhibition and use food as a medium. We will make every effort to build an international food exhibition that is "based in Guangzhou, linking the world, and radiating the whole country", and jointly promote the high-quality development of China's food and beverage industry! "We sincerely hope that friends from all walks of life at home and abroad will actively participate in the China Food Exhibition ® (Guangzhou), seize new business opportunities, seize new opportunities, polish the golden signboard of Guangzhou's "City of Gastronomy", and empower "Food in Guangzhou". At the end of his speech, Director Yang Yong sent an invitation to global exhibitors and buyers:
See you in Guangzhou on September 25-27!
