Source: People's Daily Online
In the Jiangcheng city of Wuhan in March, the cherry blossoms are in full bloom, and the agricultural and food processing industry is also ushered in a grand event with the blessing of the New Year's policy and driven by the market.
On March 28, during the 12th China Food Ingredients E-commerce Festival in 2024, the first national agricultural and food processing industry to help rural revitalization conference was held in Wuhan, Hubei Province, under the guidance of China Rural Development Association, Hubei Rural Development Association, Wuhan Agriculture and Rural Bureau, hosted by Wuhan Rural Development Association, and undertaken by the Organizing Committee of China Food Ingredients E-commerce Festival and the Agricultural and Food Processing Industry Committee of China Rural Development Association. Industry insiders gathered at this large-scale event in the field of agriculture and food to discuss how to further help rural revitalization and promote the development of emerging agricultural industries.
The first National Conference on Rural Revitalization of Agricultural and Food Processing Industry was held in Wuhan, Hubei. Photo by People's Daily reporter Guo Tingting
Discuss policy trends Specific specifications have given prefabricated dishes the confidence to develop
This conference discusses the policy trend of the agricultural and food processing industry in the New Year, focuses on the theme of food safety, shares the practical opportunities of prefabricated dishes going to sea, and solves the problem of industrial growth in the New Year, aiming to further promote the new development of the agricultural and food processing industry in 2024, gather potential energy, gather wisdom, and seek opportunities for rural revitalization. The event brought together more than 200 guests from all walks of life such as government, enterprise and research to participate in the event.
Song Hongyuan, former director of the Rural Economic Research Center of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and dean of the Rural Revitalization Research Institute of Huazhong Agricultural University, Zhang Zhaoxin, researcher of the Rural Economic Research Center of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, and other experts and scholars respectively delivered keynote speeches on the construction of a strong agricultural province in Hubei, the import and export of prefabricated vegetables, and the standardization of agricultural and food processing industries.
In the roundtable forum, the guests discussed and shared the contents of "Challenges Faced by Local Agricultural and Food Processing Industry", "Agricultural and Food Enterprises Favored by Investment Enterprises", and "Tapping the Demand for Overseas Chinese Cuisine".
Recently, the six departments have just jointly issued the "Notice on Strengthening the Food Safety Supervision of Prefabricated Dishes and Promoting the High-quality Development of the Industry". A series of specific specifications have given prefabricated food the confidence to develop and laid the foundation for prefabricated food to enter a larger market.
Peruvian fried squid, convenient small hot pot, roast duck, sesame lotus root, at the exhibition site, prefabricated ingredients have become the focus of the display, and the head ingredient enterprises have continuously improved the prefabricated food industry system with product innovation, process improvement, standard exploration, and safety standards. It not only promotes the standardization, standardization and efficient development of the industry, but also meets the needs of hotel catering and Generation Z consumption for "delicious and inexpensive".
"The Agricultural and Food Processing Industry Committee of the China Rural Development Association links more than 14,000 enterprises in the whole agricultural and food industry chain across the country. We will continue to explore new quality productivity of agriculture and food and help the healthy and sustainable development of the industry by building five service platforms for oriental cuisine to go overseas, investment promotion, supply and demand docking, think tank services, and brand building. Wen Ruopeng, vice president of the China Rural Development Association, said.
The 12th China Food Ingredients E-commerce Festival in 2024 is full of various ingredients. Photo by People's Daily reporter Guo Tingting
Focus on food safety and expand the industrial market with standardized construction
Food safety is the bottom line for the development of the agricultural and food processing industry, and the foundation for ensuring the healthy and sustainable development of the industry and the healthy and beautiful life of the people.
The past 3.15 focused on the topic of food safety of prefabricated dishes, which once again sounded the alarm for the industry. The key to guarding the safety gate of food safety of agricultural and food processing products lies in the construction of a standardized system.
As the leading stewed prefabricated food enterprise in China, Dai Chenyi, chairman of Baizhentang Group, called on us to be a conscientious agricultural food processor, dare to eat and often eat our own products. "It is necessary to be market-oriented, establish a standardized system, and work backwards through product research and development to meet consumer needs. Dai Chenyi said.
Zeng Lingbin, deputy general manager of the aquatic food division of Guangdong Hengxing Group Co., Ltd., introduced the practice of promoting the high-quality development of the industry with aquatic prefabricated dishes. Go deep into the whole aquatic industry chain, focus on seed industry research and development with science and technology empowerment, and help the integration of three industries and rural revitalization with rich aquatic prefabricated products.
"Abundant products, perfect standards, and scientific evaluation are the key to the expansion of the industry. Gu Jin, a senior engineer at the China Customs Science and Technology Research Center, introduced in detail the current policies and precautions for supporting the import and export of prefabricated vegetables. He said that at present, enterprises should further strengthen the construction of standard system, product quality supervision, international brand building and other fields.
At the exhibition site, prefabricated ingredients became the focus of the display. Photo by People's Daily reporter Guo Tingting
Discuss industrial trends and meet the new future of the industry with standardized construction
The agricultural and food processing industry needs to be guided by policies and norms in order to achieve more healthy, standardized and sustainable development, and to play a supporting role in industrial revitalization.
It is understood that taking Wuhan as an example, in recent years, the city attaches great importance to rural revitalization, especially industrial revitalization, focusing on promoting the development of seed industry, vegetables, agricultural science and technology, "agriculture +" four industrial chains, under the guidance of the policy to the agricultural product processing industry as the traction of agricultural industrialization development is good, the initial formation of Jiangcheng Baizhen as the regional public brand of 81 enterprises more than 120 famous products. "Big rivers, big lakes, big Wuhan, good mountains, good water, good agricultural products. ”
Song Hongyuan started from the practice of Hubei Province and shared the advantages, challenges and countermeasures of building a strong agricultural province. He said that the key to building a strong province is to enhance food supply capacity, increase scientific and technological support, cultivate and expand business entities, and enhance the resilience of the agricultural industrial chain and supply chain.
"The current supply and demand situation of agricultural products has entered a new stage, and data empowerment is an inevitable choice to achieve high-quality and green agriculture. Zhang Zhaoxin said when sharing data to empower the supply chain and enhance the development momentum of prefabricated agricultural products.
In March, the river city is full of flowers. This event opened the curtain of the agricultural and food processing industry, focusing on food safety and industrial standardization construction. At present, the drums of oriental cuisine have been sounded to the big markets at home and abroad, which will surely inject new momentum into the agricultural and food processing industry to help rural revitalization and development in the new year. (Guo Tingting, Lv Wei)