where
Hotel Niccolo Chengdu
Tower 3, Chengdu IFS, No.1, Section 3, Hongxing Road, Jinjiang District, Sichuan 610021
Chengdú
China
when
Oct 17 2023 13:30 - 18:00 h
The 11th edition of the Open Days: Spanish Food and Wine Showroom organized by Foods and Wines from Spain and Alimentos de España, through the the Economic and Commercial Office of the Embassy of Spain in Beijing, and Alimentos de España will be held in Chengdu on October 17, 2023.
The event will have the following schedule:
13:30-13:45h |
Spanish Open Day Ceremony & open session to professionals |
14:00-14:30h |
Press conference for local media |
13:30-16:00h |
Open session to professionals |
16:30-18:00h |
Open session to consumers |
The Open Days have been successful in bringing key actors of the agrifood and beverage sectors together in China. The main goal of these events is to achieve the promotion of high-quality products from Spain, to increase the awareness of Spanish products in Sichuan province and to facilitate the relations between companies and distributors, thus providing business opportunities for them.
With 15 million inhabitants, Chengdu is one of the biggest metropolis of inland China and alongside alongside Chongqing forms a vast hinterland for the development of the West of the country, utilizing the full capacities of the One Belt One Road Strategy. Chengdu has a strong economic backbone grounded in sectors such as automotive and computing industries and tourism, being rightly acknowledged as one of the gastronomical capitals of China.
The previous editions of the Open Days got together more than 400 professionals (importers, distributors, foodservice professionals, sommeliers, and media specialists) and more than 100 final consumers. Other related activities like Spanish ham and cheese tasting took place.
The Economic & Commercial Offices of Spain in China, as the official trade promotion body of the Spanish Government in China, has more than 20 years’ experience organizing promotional events in this country, developing relations between Spanish companies and Chinese importers and distributors, as well as promoting the image of quality and excellence of Foods and Wines from Spain.