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Category: Ningbo Business
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Published: Thursday, 08 December 2011 01:53
According to statistics from the organization committee, 64,000 people, businesspeople included, came to the Food Expo on December 3. The number of visitors increased considerably when compared with the first day.
The Expo opened at 9 am. Among the exhibition halls, the Famous Brand Hall, the China Hall, the Zhejiang Hall and Ningbo Hall were the most popular ones. In the Brand Hall, people could buy famous wines from all over the world. In the Zhoushan Hall and Ningbo hall, aquatic products especially tuna sold very well. In Ningbo Hall which was supported by the Agricultural Production Co-operatives, agricultural and sideline products of various kinds sold very well.
Another attraction for Ningbo people was that they could taste various kinds of delicious foods in the Expo, including the snacks from South Korea and Japan, Xinjiang mutton barbecue, Taiwan snacks and Huzhou steamed dumplings.
According to the organizer, 16,000 tickets of the Food Expo were sold on December 3, nearly 10,000 tickets more than the previous day. The sales of the tickets would last until 2 pm and all halls would be closed at 4 pm
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Category: Ningbo Business
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Published: Tuesday, 22 November 2011 09:10
The China Food Expo of 2011 (CFE hereafter) will be held at Ningbo Conference and Exhibition Center on Nov. 30, according to information from Ningbo Board of Trade released at Nov. 15. Special pavilions will be prepared for exhibitors from Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, which will be the first time ever in the history of the event. It is also learned that overseas foods will account for over 30% of the total.
It is learned that a new exhibition hall will be set up for imported food. The No.1 Hall and the pavilion for red wine perennial hall will exhibit imported red wine. The No.2 Hall will be reserved for exhibitors from Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. At the same time, the organizing committee will invite a large number of overseas multinational retailers and professional buyers, such as retail giants of METRO, TESCO, E-mart, Auchan, and Carrefour and so on.
The pavilions will be set up according to different categories of foodstuffs such as meat products, dairy products etc. as well as different origins of the food such as marine products, imported food and local specialties of China, etc., for the convenience of purchasers. In addition, the visiting time for purchasers will be intentionally separated from that for the public for convenience of professional buyers. The organizing committee is striving to further improve its service system to provide buyers with more convenient and better service. For example, some value-added services such as tourism, expressage and insurance etc. will be available in the exhibition halls. Meanwhile, platforms for online- purchasing will be set, too, which shall further broadens purchasing and trading channels and combines online deals with offline ones