Prof. Pan Beilei, Chair,14th World Congress of Food Science and Technology
 It should come as no surprise that in the year 2008-the very same year the Olympic Games will be
held in Beijing-the 14th World Congress of Food Science and Technology will come to Shanghai,
arguably, the most vibrant and the most exciting city in China. The theme for this Congress is"Food
for health and wellbeing-where tradition meets the future".
Since the Chinese food market has rapidly grown at an incredible annual rate of 27% in the past
10 years and matured, it is no longer unusual to find Chinese food technologists and businessmen
collaborating closely with their international colleagues. Simultaneously, Asian foods and diet have attracted more and
more attention around the world. China is the perfect setting for this Congress-with a food industry that leads the world in
growth, as a country with the longest tradition of pairing food with health, and with the largest number of food professionals
in the world. As a traditional, modern, and international city, Shanghai is also the most natural choice as China's premier
example of tradition meeting the"cutting edge,"and therefore the best place to discuss Food for Well-Being, showing food
from past to present to future.
A major component of the Congress will be the 2008 World Food Expo, hundreds of food companies will join us, and the
exhibition will be a great opportunity for you to enjoy the charm of the amalgamation between the oriental and the western
food industries, and also an uncommon chance to experience the ebullience of Shanghai and the fantastic eastern foods.
This Congress will provide fellow food science experts from around world a rare opportunity to fully comprehend the Asian
foods with centuries' old history while, at the same time, constructing the platform for the communication and collaboration
between the oriental and western food industries.
We at CIFST can also promise you we will do our utmost to make this 14th Congress an overwhelming success and ensure
that every participant brings home many lifelong memories.
Meet you in Shanghai in 2008!
Zai Shanghai jian!
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Forty six years after the first World Congress of Food Science and Technology was held in London in1962, it is our pleasure on behalf of the International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST)