The 16th China Green Food Expo was successfully held in Xi’an, Shaanxi province from October 29th to November 1st, 2015. The theme of the expo was Meeting at the starting point of Silk Road and opening a new green chapter. With dedicated design of exhibition areas and activities, the expo provided a fantastic show of green food industry achievements in five northwestern provinces and autonomous regions along the ancient Silk Road (Shaanxi, Qinghai, Ningxia, Gansu and Xinjiang).

The expo covered an area of 28,000 square meters, attracting 1,708 enterprises with 914 booths. It displayed a good variety of exhibition items including grain, oil, fruit, vegetable, livestock, poultry, aquatic, dairy products, as well as teas and beverages.

The trade value of the expo hit 2.386 bln yuan and the agreements of intent for cooperation valued 3.754 bln yuan, up by 32.7% and 49.16% respectively over last year.

Since it was first held in 1990, the China Green Food Exposition has become China’s largest green food trade fair. The expo became an annual event in 2009 after being ratified by MOA.