Currently, only three are UNESCO as awarded the "gourmet capital" of the title of the city, Chengdu will and Colombia Popayan, Sweden 厄德特松德 together to form food alliance creative city, and settled in Union headquarters are more likely the city. The reporter learned from yesterday's UNESCO Creative Cities Network Conference 2010 Shenzhen International was informed that three cities have now reached a consensus on this, and initialed the "alliance" agreement, the next will discuss the specific details and carry out real work, and Popayan and 厄德特松德 also formally accepted the Chengdu International Food Festival for next year's invitation.
Food for the bridge
Three gourmet hand
"Creative City Food Alliance to build the international organizations, in the hope of the bridge through the food, promote the city, the countries and peoples of the economic and cultural exchanges." City Deputy Secretary of Commerce has told reporters Hong Yang interview, said that under the tripartite agreement, food is the basic task of the League for the Creative Cities Network in the "gourmet capital" to provide intellectual support for the development, such as construction reviewers database for future reporting "gourmet capital" of the city, especially the development of The city declared in the country to help others, "and as the initiator of the alliance-building, we believe that establishment of the alliance to upgrade the level of the Chengdu International, Chengdu in the world to enhance the influence of the platform will play an important role."
"This is my first visit to China, because the same before the 'gourmet capital' of the reason that Chengdu has heard, I am very pleased to be a further understanding of the city, but also look forward to future cooperation between us. "This year in July just among the" gourmet capital "of the ranks of the representatives of the Swedish 厄德特松德 凯塔琳娜芬 ex told reporters that although the two cities thousands of miles away, in the city size, there are also quite different characteristics, but like allows the food in common with each other adding to its understanding, "we have agreed, in the future will keep visiting each other, deepen understanding, to find opportunities for cooperation."
More than food
Garden City moved Sawu Ma
As the highlight of the General Assembly yesterday, the city and Montreal, Canada, Nagoya, Japan, Egypt Aswan, Iowa, Sweden 厄德特松德, Glasgow, on behalf of a focus on "connection - community involvement and urban branding" of the dialogue on the theme of the site, causing the participants of the enthusiastic response.
"Chengdu is currently well-known catering business, opened a store in the country and overseas, more than 800, can be described as diffuse taste of the country, Xiangpiao overseas." Culinary Capital Association, president of the city Tao in the dialogue about what is currently building the world according to the modern garden in Chengdu city, urban and rural development in the overall plan, put forward to maintain and enhance the "gourmet" brand as a strategic long-term mission requirements, set up a special leading group and social organizations to formulate plans to be implemented, which means that as an international creative city of Chengdu , from the strategic perspective of urban development, raising awareness of cultural and creative positive significance of urban competitiveness will be further building "gourmet" as an opportunity to promote innovative city construction, and promote the transformation of urban development.
An hour of conversation time soon end, when He Tao down the platform, from Argentina, Buenos Aires, Melbourne, Australia, the United Kingdom on behalf of Bradford and other cities have stepped forward to exchange business cards, expressed the hope that better understanding of the aspirations and Chengdu, and Chengdu, as early as on the previous day to "work report" commended the Ministry of Culture of UNESCO has added cultural expressions and creative industries initiative to the Secretary Sawu Ma is found in Chengdu delegation expressed the hope that next year, to Chengdu, Chengdu to include food in the building, including the world in all aspects of modern garden city to inspect the development, research, and these experiences are introduced to the world.
Source: Chengdu Daily
