International Fruit and Vegetable, Food Expo held in Yantai

YANTAI, China, Nov. 15, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The 19th International Fruit and Vegetable, Food Expo was held in Yantai, a beautiful port city in East China's Shandong province on Nov 9.

The expo is a national-level regular meeting about international economic and trade held in Yantai with the approval of the State Council. It enjoys high popularity and influence at home and abroad. It has been rated as one of the "Top Ten Most Viewed Exhibitions" in the country and "the flagship project of the successful cooperation between UNESCAP and the Chinese government."

This year's exhibition themed around "green, health and future" covers 20,000 square meters, and it hosts a series of fruit and vegetable products exhibitions, such as fruit and vegetable deep processing, seed products, production materials, machinery and equipment, "Internet + agriculture" and so on, as well as some seminars to promote international technique exchanges and cooperation in the field of fruits and vegetables. It seems like a "feast" specially designed for the fruit and vegetable industry.

According to Information Office of the People's Government of Shandong Province, in the three-day event, more than 500 companies from food, agricultural e-commerce platforms, plant production and drone sectors were invited to participate. Many industry elites across China gathered together to discuss hot topics and innovation mode in the agricultural sector.

During the exhibition, some high-end conferences was also held including the Global Fruit and Vegetable Conference, Retailer Summit, Trade Negotiation Matchmaking, Fruit and Vegetable Marketing Training, and Agricultural Cultivation Technology Development.

The conferences covered national inspection and quarantine policies, import and export trends, cultivation and management technology exchanges, global industry dynamics, which provided a good platform for note exchanges and trade cooperation in fruit and vegetable industry.

There were also some activities, such as fruit tasting activity, innovative fruit contest, and experience activities to some special fruit and vegetable planting and processing bases. The expo is bound to provide excellent opportunities and platforms for fruit and vegetable supply chain exhibitors in the domestic and global markets.

From 1999 to 2017, the Expo has been held for 18 years. The total number of booths is 15,528, and the number of delegations is 2,628 (including 1610 overseas). More than 1.86 million merchants participate in the exhibition (including 80,000 overseas). The total volume of import and export trade is 16.2 billion US dollars (including exports of 11.1 billion US dollars); domestic trade turnover is 13.8 billion RMB.

SOURCE Information Office of the People's Government of Shandong Province