BEIJING, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Starting from the year of 2000, China Food Festival has been attracting 6 million people to participate, with totaling signed value at about 1 billion yuan.
China’s catering industry has undergone tremendous changes during the recent 40 years, with market value reaching 3.96 trillion yuan in 2017 from 5.48 billion yuan in 1978, Han Ming, president with China Hotel Association introduced.
The 19th China Food Festival & 2018 Food Culture Festival for China Wuxi Cuisine will be held in October in Wuxi, a major city in east China’s Jiangsu Province. (Edited by Ma Xin, maxin11@xinhua.org)