The first Nanjing Food Festival was held in September 2007. Up to now, Nanjing has successfully held four food festivals, effectively promoting the development of the catering industry. According to the Nanjing Municipal Bureau of Commerce, more than 20,000 catering enterprises have been registered in Nanjing, and the number of employees has reached 300,000. The scale of the catering industry has been expanded and the structure has been optimized significantly, and the growth of the catering industry has effectively promoted employment. In order to promote further upgrading of the catering industry, Nanjing will also focus on creating 16 food demonstration streets.