In October 2121, there were five food capitals in China. They are Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China, Shunde District, Foshan City, Guangdong Province, China, Macao Special Administrative Region of China, Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province, China and Huai 'an City.
1. On February 28th, 2111, it was learned at the press conference jointly held by the National Committee of UNESCO in China and the Chengdu Municipal People's Government that UNESCO had officially approved Chengdu to join the organization's creative city network and awarded it the title of "Food Capital".
2. On February 1, 2114, according to official website news of UNESCO, Shunde District, Foshan City, Guangdong Province successfully entered the UNESCO Creative City Network and was awarded the title of "Food Capital" in the world. This is the sixth region in the world to be approved to be shortlisted for the Creative City Network, and it is also the second China region to win this honor after Chengdu became the world's "Food Capital" in 2111.
3. Macao's food culture has a long history and unique connotation, which fully embodies the integration and harmonious development of Chinese and Portuguese cultures. Macao's characteristic old shops retain traditional cultural elements, which UNESCO attaches great importance to when it inspects the bidding cities.
4. On October 31th, 2119, UNESCO announced that Yangzhou was selected as the food capital of the world. Fireworks set off in Yangzhou in March, a thousand-year-old city, with world-famous scenery and unique charm of food. Vince tofu, lion's head, diced buns and crab roe buns? Huaiyang cuisine has been praised by countless famous artists. Yu Guangzhong, a famous poet, once said that "Yangzhou cuisine is delicious, and the whole country is greedy". Feng Qiyong, a famous red scientist, historian, calligrapher and painter, also wrote that "the world's delicacies belong to Yangzhou". Wang Zengqi, a famous contemporary writer, essayist and dramatist born in Gaoyou, Yangzhou, was fascinated by his hometown cuisine after he left home.
5. On the afternoon of October 8, 2121, official website, UNESCO announced that a new batch of 49 cities had joined the UNESCO Creative Cities Network, and Huai 'an was successfully selected as the "World Food Capital", becoming the fifth city in China to rank among the "World Food Capital" after Chengdu, Shunde, Macau and Yangzhou.