The China Cuisine Association sent a fax to the Zhanjiang municipal government, notifying the city of the name of "China's seafood food capital". Zhanjiang became the first city in China to receive this honor. This is not only for Zhanjiang added a bright city card, further enhance the city's taste, establish the status as the central city of the western Guangdong urban agglomeration, but also for the prosperity of the city's food and beverage economy, drive the development of the tertiary industry, for Zhanjiang as the western region of the revitalization of the development of the leading are of great practical significance.
Zhanjiang has the country's largest mangrove forest reserve and shallow sea coral reserve, good ecological environment makes Zhanjiang abound in natural high-quality seafood ingredients, known as the "South China Sea fish warehouse". Zhanjiang seafood food in the country has long been famous, known as "eat seafood, to Zhanjiang".
Zhanjiang City in the implementation of "industrial city, port city, ecological city" development strategy, determined to play the advantages of natural resources, bigger and stronger tertiary industry. 2009 early, Zhanjiang City, made a declaration of "China's seafood food capital" decision. In early 2009, Zhanjiang City made the decision to declare "Capital of Chinese Seafood Cuisine". Over the past year, under the leadership of the municipal party committee and the municipal government, in the city economic and trade departments and relevant industry associations *** with efforts to actively explore the traditional seafood food culture, the majority of catering enterprises in the inheritance of traditional seafood cooking techniques on the basis of eclecticism and diversity, the formation of a unique seafood food culture of Zhanjiang characteristics. At present, Zhanjiang has a number of "Chinese famous restaurant", "China's famous dishes", "China's famous points", "China's culinary masters "Chinese Culinary Masters" and "Chinese Culinary Masters". After the Chinese culinary association expert group to zhanjiang several times to carry out on-site assessment, that the city has met the declaration of "China's seafood food capital" of the basic conditions. Municipal government in November last year formally put forward to the Chinese Cuisine Association awarded the "Chinese seafood food capital" application. January 11-13 this year, the CCA expert group to Zhanjiang for a comprehensive field inspection identified. Through the Zhanjiang agricultural seafood resources origin, processing enterprises, catering enterprises and food street inspection, and listened carefully to the Zhanjiang Municipal Government's special declaration of the report, the expert group of Zhanjiang seafood food culture to give a full affirmation, and agreed in principle to name Zhanjiang as "China's seafood gourmet capital". China Cuisine Association on January 15, online publicity (15 days), after the expiration of the publicity period, by the Chinese culinary association president of the meeting through, Zhanjiang was formally awarded the country's first "Chinese seafood food capital".
City economic and trade department leaders said, to make full use of the "Chinese seafood food capital" brand, unremitting implementation of the brand strategy, to further promote Zhanjiang seafood catering culture, speed up the promotion of tertiary industry development, Zhanjiang construction as a national coastal tourism and leisure destination.
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Zhanjiang is a provincial municipality in Guangdong Province, one of the first batch of coastal port cities opened to the outside world in China. It is one of the largest cities in the country and one of the top 50 cities in the country in terms of comprehensive strength. It is the transportation center of western Guangdong Province and the Beibu Gulf region, the economic center of western Guangdong and the Beibu Gulf Economic Circle, and the logistics center of the Great Southwest Sea Route.