 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 rapidlygrown 20% per year in the past 10 yearsand 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 at an incredible 27%, as a country with the longest tradition of pairing food with health, and with the largest number of food professionals in the world. As an traditional, modern, and international city, Shanghai was also the most and 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 eastern 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! |
