On December 1, 2014, according to the official website of UNESCO, Shunde, Guangdong was successfully shortlisted for the UNESCO Creative Cities Network and was awarded the title of "City of Gastronomy" in the world, ranking sixth in the world. This is the first city approved to be shortlisted for the Creative Cities Network, and it is also the second Chinese city to win this honor after Chengdu became the world's "City of Food" in 2010.

Shunde, Guangdong is a famous gourmet city in China. It is the birthplace of Cantonese cuisine, a representative Chinese cuisine. It is known as the hometown of Chinese chefs and a famous gourmet city in China. The food base is strong and related industries are booming. In order to further promote Shunde's catering and food culture, introduce Cantonese cuisine to the world, and spread Cantonese cuisine culture, in 2010, Shunde officially launched the application for UNESCO's "Creative City Network-City of Gastronomy".

Shunde cuisine is a typical representative of Cantonese cuisine in my country. There has long been a local saying that "eat in Shunde and cook in Fengcheng". It is my country's first "Chinese Food City" and one of the three "Hometowns of Chinese Chefs" in my country. "one. As part of the strategic cooperation between the China Cuisine Association and the Shunde Municipal Government, the China Cuisine Association has initiated the organization and operation of Shunde City's application for the World "Gourmet City" since 2010. After more than four years of hard work, Shunde finally deserves the title. , this is not only the pride of Cantonese catering people, but also the pride of all Chinese people. It is also a good start for the China Cuisine Association to promote Chinese food to go global, let Chinese food go to the world, and let the world understand China. The China Cuisine Association will also take the work of creating the world's "Gastronomy Capital" as an opportunity to give full play to the positive initiative of industry organizations in external exchanges, speed up the pace of China's gastronomy world heritage application, and promote Chinese food to accelerate the "going out".