Why Exhibit ?
1. What kind of expo?
China ( Changsha ) International Food Expo, ¡°Food Expo¡± for short, is a reputable key expo supported by Hunan Provincial Government annually. It is also the most influential expo among the food industry of Central China . Taken internationalization, specialization, marketization, famous brand as a goal, it has devoted to seeking and exploring overseas market for food enterprises in Central China, providing a highly specialized service platform for overseas food and resources to come to Hunan market and other central markets in China.
2. What potential?
The success of the first CIFE has won CIFE the title of ¡°2006 CIFE Top 20 Powers¡± and the specializing award, ¡°Pioneering Top¡±. Once again CIFE 2007 has been awarded the ¡°Top 10 Expos of China 's Food Industry in 2007¡± and the ¡°Annual Prize for China 's Expo¡±. Every year a number of exhibitors and purchasing groups both abroad and at home come to our expo to visit, purchase and make discussions, which implies that Food Expo has become a famous expo star among China 's food industry, a large-scale commodity display and a recommendation and introduction conference for new products.
3. Why in Changsha ?
The host place, Changsha City of Hunan Province , has advantages in geography and market and is the circulation base of products, information and capitals for the national food industry.
£¨ 1 £© Geographic Advantages: Hunan Province, long called ¡°Fish and Rice Hometown¡±, is a big province dealing with food industry and plays an important role in the rise of Central China; its capital, Changsha City, is at the front edge in mainland to reach coastal area of Guangdong and Guangxi provinces and the southwest bounder of China, and is also the key development area where Hunan acts according to the strategy of ¡°Learn Guangdong and Pudong, Make necessary reforms to become that prosperous¡±.
£¨ 2 £© Market Advantages: China has the biggest production and consumer market in the world, while Changsha has the biggest food wholesale market in China-Gaoqiao Market, Hongxing Market, Mawangdui Vegetables Wholesale Market and High-tech Food Industrial Park (Zone) within Hunan Province , generating a powerful radiating ability of food circulation to Central China, Southwest China, South China and East China . Consumer market has a consumer population of 510 million, making wide platform for food raw materials, addictives, processing machinery and packaging equipment etc.. Meanwhile, these huge markets and food industrial parks (zones) have regular contacts with world-renowned markets.
4. What organization structure?
Powerful organization:
£¨ 1 £© It draw great attention of National Food and Drug Administration and the People's Government of Hunan Province;
£¨ 2 £© It gets strong support from Agricultural Bureau of Hunan Province, Commercial Bureau of Hunan Province, the People's Government of Changsha City, Hunan Principle Committee, Hunan Trade Promotion Committee, Hunan Bureau of Quality Supervision, Hunan Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, Hunan Food and Drug Administration, Hunan Township Enterprise Bureau, Animal Husbandry and Aquatic Products Bureau of Hunan Province, Changsha Customs, Health Food Committee of Hunan Province, Tea Leaves Association of Hunan Province, Hunan Green Food Development Center, Hunan Wine and Liquor Production and Sales Office, Hunan International Convention & Exhibition Centre etc.;
£¨ 3 £© It also gets the tremendous support from overseas organizations, such as Golden Harvest Investment and Consulting, International Cooperation Promotion Committee £¨ ICPC £© , International Green Industry Organization (GIO) , Chamber of Commerce of Australia, Korean-Sino Industry Development Co., Ltd. , Australia Food and Agriculture Development Centre, Federation of China Boundary Area Economy etc..
5. How to organize buyers?
The way Organizing Committee adopts to attract audience and buyers is very successful. Many buyers have showed their willingness to come to this expo to purchase goods and have discussions. This population is expected to reach as high as 150,000:
£¨ 1 £© By the success of the last two expos, the Organizing Committee establishes big database containing professional audiences and buyers information and has sent out nearly 20,000 purchase invitation letters recently.
£¨ 2 £© In the name of Hunan Provincial Government and by the resources of cooperation organizations, we send out invitation information to related ministries and commissions of China, foreign embassies in China, overseas trade promotion organizations and professional associations and companies, other provinces' government (Autonomous Region, Directly Governed City Region, Special Administrative Region) and organize experts and professional audiences forming teams to visit expo and have discussions.
£¨ 3 £© Professional audiences and buyers can receive invitation by letter, telephone, fax or invitation letter and entry coupon etc..
£¨ 4 £© We contact other domestic or foreign expos and expo planning companies, so we can attract buyers from each other.
6. What superb service?
The Organizing Committee devotes itself to incorporating services of products display, freight forwarding and logistics, customs declaration and clearance, hotel accommodation, tourism etc., to help domestic and foreign customers to establish selling network in Hunan, Central China and even the whole China, to seek partners in fields of technology, trade and capital and provide all kinds of business consulting, expo complaint and after-expo services. Its customers can have regular dealings through the Food Expo network platform (domestic and foreign customers database).
In addition, the Organizing Committee will give a full play in the after-expo service and guarantee work cooperating with departments affiliated to the People's Government of Hunan Province, the People's Government of Changsha, such as foreign affairs, customs, commodities inspection, sanitation, quality supervision, police, traffic police, fire control, urban administration, material pricing, industrial and commercial institute, advertising, communication, transportation etc., trying its best to make this expo rewarding and satisfying.
7. What splendid activities?
During expo, various theme activities are to be held to expand the connotation of our expo:
£¨ 1 £© 2008 China ( Changsha ) International Industry Financing Conference
Main Contents: We connect 10 overseas investment financing groups with large and medium sized enterprises of great capital and fine reputations which earn them successful cases and seek common development.
£¨ 2 £© Farm Produce Quality & Safety Summit Forum
Main Contents: Governments, experts and scholars discuss problems lying in the current quality and safety situation of farm produce and put forward feasible solutions, search and talk about the trend of farm produce.
Keynote Speakers: Mr. Pang Daomu, deputy director of Hunan Provincial People's Congress Standing Committee, Mr. Yuan Longping, vice president of Hunan Political Consultative Conference, Mr. Cheng Haibo,deputy general director of Hunan Agriculture Bureau, PHD. Du Xiangge of organic agriculture technology research center in Chinese Agriculture University and other domestic and foreign experts.
£¨ 3 £© 2008 China ( Hunan ) Wine and Liquor Industry Distributor Development Forum
Subject: Marketing with Different Value, Completing by Famous Brand
Organizer: The China ( Changsha ) International Food Expo Organizing Committee
Hunan Wine and Liquor Production and Sales Office
New Food Magazine
£¨ 4 £© Awarding Activity
Type: CIFE Golden Medal and CIFE Particularly Recommended Prize
Method:
The leading experts for awarding activity are from Green Food Office of Agricultural Bureau of Hunan Province in CIFE, and participants are assigned by Hunan Food and Drug Administration, Hunan Agriculture University , Hunan Agriculture Science Academy, Hunan Industrial and Commercial Bureau etc. with 3 to 5 experts from other provinces.
£¨ 5 £© ¡±Green Brand & Culture Night¡± Party ( (Definite information will be given later)
£¨ 6 £© Other Activities
Press Conference: There will be 3 press conferences in 2008, which is primarily arranged in March, June and August in Changsha , Beijing and Shengzhen respectively.
Opening Ceremony: we will hold splendid opening ceremony on 4 September. At that time, leading cadres from Central, Provincial, Municipal Government and experts of food related industries and famous entrepreneurs will be present.
8. Past achievements
The gross space of the first CIFE is 20,000 sq.m., with over 120 famous enterprises, 436 standard booths (including 14 specially raw space with an area of 1500 sq.m.). Participating enterprises came all the way from 17 countries and regions such as US, UK, Germany, Canada, Italy, Demark, Sweden, the Philippines, Swish, Australia, Japan, the Netherlands, Poland, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and so on, accounting for 10.88 £¥ of the total exhibitors. Total visitors are 28,000, including 11,300 investing visitors and 1,890 overseas visitors. The total sales volume has reached RMB £¤ 670 million.
The gross space is 24,000 sq.m., with 668 standard booths (including 18 specially fitted booths, with an area of 2,100 sq.m.). Participating enterprises came all the way from 25 countries and regions such as US, UK , Germany , Germany , France, Canada , Iran , Jordan, Korea , Austria , Australia , Finland , Netherlands , New Zealand , India etc.. Visitors, purchasers and professional buyers sum up to 167,000, and the number is 53,400, 80,100, 33,400 respectively. The ready money business is valued at RMB £¤ 6.001million, concluded contracts at RMB £¤ 8.6billion. 
