China News Service, Wuxi, October 17 (Reporter Sun Quan) On the 16th, the 2021 China Special Food Conference (6th) opened in Wuxi, Jiangsu. Representatives from politics, industry, academia, and research gathered together to focus on the special food industry Hotspots gather the wisdom of industry development.
At the opening ceremony of the conference, the country's first special food technology innovation center-the National Market Supervision Technology Innovation Center (Special Food) (prepared) was unveiled, the special food industry cluster demonstration base was awarded, and the Wuxi Special Food and Nutrition and Health Research Institute was unveiled.
Special foods refer to foods specially processed according to special formulas to meet the needs of specific populations such as infants and patients, including health foods, infant formula foods, formula foods for special medical purposes, and other special dietary foods.
With the continuous development of China's social economy and the gradual improvement of people's living standards, benefiting from the guidance of the "Healthy China" strategy, the special food industry has developed rapidly and is an important industry that protects people's livelihood, stability, supply, and employment.
Leading companies in the special food industry participated in the exhibition.
Photo courtesy of Wuxi High-tech Zone
The National Market Supervision Technology Innovation Center (Special Food) (in preparation) is one of the first batch of 19 technology innovation centers approved by the State Administration for Market Supervision. As the only special food technology innovation center in China, the center will strive to overcome a batch of cards The "Four Ones" goals of key technologies for the neck, cultivating a group of high-end scientific research talents, incubating a group of scientific and technological innovation enterprises, and building a professional brand forum, serving Wuxi to create a new benchmark industry of special food, and driving the Yangtze River Delta region And even the high-quality development of the special food industry across the country.
As the first place for national health foods and formula foods for special medical purposes, Wuxi is blessed with unique resource advantages, leading the country in its industrial base, and has established a number of state-level scientific innovation platforms such as the State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology.
Jiangnan University, located in the city, has two first-class construction disciplines: "Food Science and Engineering" and "Light Industry Technology and Engineering", as well as a number of national first-class undergraduate majors in food science and engineering, food quality and safety.
At the same time, Wuxi also has the advantage of agglomeration of enterprises. There are a group of leading enterprises and high-growth enterprises in the special food industry. The production scale of enteral nutrition preparations accounts for 90% of the national market share.
Zhao Jianjun, Deputy Secretary of the Wuxi Municipal Party Committee and Acting Mayor, stated that Wuxi will build a strong magnetic field for industrial agglomeration, rely on the existing industrial foundation and expansion advantages, attract more high-quality enterprise project talents to settle in Wuxi, and accelerate the formation of a larger scale and higher level of energy. Special food gathering place; strive to be the leader in exploration and innovation, actively explore major breakthroughs in the construction of innovation-driven capital empowerment platform, strive to create a vibrant development ecology, and lead the high-quality development of the special food industry; be a good enterprise The booster, as always, provides the best environment and the most considerate service, so that the majority of enterprises and innovative talents can start businesses, invest with confidence, and develop with confidence in Wuxi.
The 2021 China Special Food Conference (6th) opened in Wuxi, Jiangsu.
Photo courtesy of Wuxi High-tech Zone
"Facing the new journey of modernization, Wuxi will give full play to the advantages of the real economy, seize the development opportunities of the special food industry, accelerate the advancement of industrial technology and modernization of the industrial chain, and strive to create a highland for the development of special food." Zhao Jianjun said .
2021 China Special Food Conference (6th) is hosted by China Nutrition and Health Food Association, supported by Wuxi Municipal People’s Government, Jiangsu Market Supervision and Administration Bureau, Jiangnan University, Wuxi Taihuwan Science and Technology City, National Functional Food Engineering Technology Research Center, Wuxi Hosted by the International Life Science Innovation Park.
The conference lasts for 4 days. In addition to the opening ceremony, there will be more than ten themed events such as the 2021 National Weight Management Industry Conference, 2021 Microbial Control and Safety Forum, and the Fifth China Baby Food Industry Development Forum.
There will be an exhibition area during the conference, which will focus on the whole chain technology of nutritious and healthy food production, equipment, testing technology, research and development services, and will display and promote the management and development results of the special food industry in Wuxi City and Wuxi High-tech Zone to the world.
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