Chinanews.com, Guangzhou, November 30th (Reporter Cheng Jingwei) The "Guangdong Provincial Cantonese Cuisine Development Promotion Regulations" was reviewed and approved at the 47th meeting of the Standing Committee of the Thirteenth National People's Congress of Guangdong Province on November 30th. It will be effective from January 1, 2023 effective date.

  Cantonese cuisine is one of the four traditional Chinese cuisines and one of the eight major cuisines. It has a history of more than 2,000 years. It not only retains local food customs, but also integrates the traditions of Central Plains food culture. , is well-known at home and abroad for its profound cultural heritage and distinctive flavor characteristics.

  In April 2018, the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government proposed the implementation of the "Cantonese Cuisine Master" project, based on the original intention of ensuring employment and benefiting the people's livelihood, promoting stable employment and driving income growth through skill improvement.

This year, the Standing Committee of the Guangdong Provincial People's Congress will formulate the "Regulations on the Promotion of Cantonese Cuisine Development in Guangdong Province" as a key legislative item, and take the lead in exploring "small incision" and "small fast spirit" legislation to promote the development of local cuisine in the country.

  The regulations are named "dishes", but the purpose is not only "dishes", but more importantly, to establish and improve the relevant laws and regulations around the promotion of Cantonese cuisine industry, personnel training, and cultural inheritance and dissemination. , The policy measures that are really effective and effective have been upgraded to legal provisions.

  There are a total of 29 regulations, without chapters, to regulate people's livelihood, cultivate industries, promote culture, and promote the joint construction of a high-quality living circle in the Greater Bay Area.

  Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao have the same food culture, and Cantonese cuisine is an important content and link for deepening exchanges and cooperation among the three places.

According to the regulations, the People's Government of Guangdong Province, in accordance with the needs of economic and social development, promotes the promotion of Cantonese cuisine in cooperation with the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Macao Special Administrative Region by building a platform for exchanges and cooperation among Cantonese cuisine industry enterprises in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and launching a "Cantonese Cuisine Master" skill competition. Regional cooperation in culture, co-construction of the world gastronomy capital, etc.

  The regulations stipulate that the cultivation of representative items of intangible cultural heritage related to Cantonese cuisine shall be strengthened, and the application of qualified Cantonese cuisine cultural heritage such as traditional production techniques and folk customs of Cantonese cuisine shall be supported for inclusion in the list of representative items of intangible cultural heritage at all levels.

At the same time, promote the establishment of local traditional specialty snack production process archives and databases, and implement rescue records for endangered traditional specialty snacks with unique historical significance.

  At the same time, the regulations clearly state that people's governments at or above the county level and their relevant departments should organize a general survey of local Cantonese cuisine resources, sort out local Cantonese cuisine brand resources, systematically sort out local Cantonese cuisine recipes, and establish a list of local Cantonese cuisine specialties based on actual conditions.

  The regulations also stipulate that the market supervision and management, commerce, health and other departments of the Guangdong Provincial People's Government should strengthen the planning of the Cantonese cuisine standard system, formulate and implement support measures for the standardization of Cantonese cuisine, and speed up the formulation of Cantonese cuisine basic general standards and Cantonese cuisine catering service standards.

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