At present, 97.3 percent of the country's more than 2,400 cities and counties have halal food and supplies industries.

There are more than 120,000 catering, sideline and food business households, of which there are more than 6,000 enterprises specializing in the production and operation of halal food.

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There are 10 ethnic minorities practicing Islam in China, with a Muslim population of more than 20 million. For a long time, the Muslim masses in China have created a rich and splendid food culture. China has a long history of halal food production, more than 1,200 years ago.

In the long-term social development, China's traditional halal food has been greatly developed. According to food experts, China's existing traditional halal dishes about 5,000 kinds, snacks nearly a thousand kinds.

Since the reform and opening up, China's halal food industry has developed greatly, has formed a grain, oil, meat, dairy products, pastries, sugar, canned food, candy, spices, soy products, starch, salt, egg products, additives, yeast, tea, as well as children's food, health food, fruit and vegetable processing, quick-frozen food, freeze-dried food and other halal food categories.