Shunde has been awarded the world food capital
1 afternoon, UNESCO announced through the official website, Shunde was awarded “ world food capital ” title. Shunde, the birthplace of Cantonese cuisine, has become the world's sixth and China's second world class region.
“ global creative city network — the delicacy ” set up by UNESCO, through selection in the world unique diet culture connotation and profound culture, inheritance and innovation of outstanding ability, public participation is high the Food City, the formation of network alliance and common development partnership, participating in the UNESCO planning world-class delicacy promotion activities, carry out the delicacy international culture exchanges and cooperation, to jointly promote the city economic, social, cultural and creative industry development.
it is understood that the world only China Shunde, Chengdu, Korea, Columbia China Popayan, Sweden O stersund, Lebanon zahlah 6 “ the world delicacy are ”.
on the afternoon of 1, Shunde District Huang Xizhong told reporters excitedly, "&ldquo"; this is really a big thing! ” awarded “ world food capital ” will play an invaluable role in integrating Shunde into the international market and integrating into the international city, but it is not easy to achieve this honor. Shunde has officially declared &ldquo since 2010; global creative city network — world food capital ” work. In early 2011, Shunde invited famous experts, cultural scholars, industry associations, education scholars, famous restaurant entrepreneurs to form a declaration group, began the planning and preparation of Shen materials. The declaration of Shunde has been strongly supported by the Guangdong Provincial Committee of economic and information technology and the Chinese Cuisine Association, and formally submitted the recommendation letter to the National Committee of unesco.
it is reported that this year a total of 50 global city to participate in the selection, the declaration of &rdquo “ the world delicacy; the city of Guangdong and Jiangsu China Shunde two Yangzhou City, Shunde is able to successfully achieve the coronation, plus points in Shunde have generous delicacy industrial foundation and rich cultural delicacy heritage, won the “ China cook township of ” “ China delicacy City honor, ” held for 9 consecutive years Guozihao level south of the Five Ridges delicacy Culture Festival in recent years, continue to strengthen the food standardization construction, build the China Culinary Institute, delicacy industry development.
it is learnt that, next, Shunde will rely on the world food capital platform, catering industry planning, hosting the creative city related meetings.
global creative city network (Creative Cities Network), is a project of UNESCO launched in 2004, the global creative industry committed to play a role in promoting economic and social, the promotion of the city in the world of creative industry development, professional knowledge training, knowledge sharing and the establishment of communication international cooperation and creative product sales channels etc.. Approved to join the network of the city was called “ &rdquo, “ creative city; creative city ” a total of seven categories, respectively is “ the design of all ” and “ literature of ” “ &rdquo, &ldquo music;; crafts and folk art are &rdquo &ldquo, the movie;; ” “ Media Arts ” and &ldquo &rdquo are the delicacy;.