“丝路美食”加速走向中国餐桌

Group 1 - The core viewpoint of the news is the signing of product access documents by China's General Administration of Customs with 10 countries, enhancing food trade along the Belt and Road Initiative [1][2] - Food trade has become a new hotspot in trade between China and Belt and Road countries, with imports and exports reaching 17.37 trillion yuan in the first three quarters of the year, a year-on-year increase of 6.2%, accounting for 51.7% of total trade value [2] - The food trade value reached 915.24 billion yuan, growing by 2.5% [2] Group 2 - The establishment of the Belt and Road Customs Food Safety Cooperation Mechanism in 2023 has led to significant progress, including the signing of 197 cooperation documents related to agricultural and food product access [3] - The recent conference resulted in the signing of the "Shanghai Declaration on Promoting Trade Facilitation and Sharing Food Safety," the launch of the "Silk Road Food Safety" information platform, and the addition of 11 countries to the cooperation mechanism, bringing the total to 18 member countries [3] - The conference theme was "Deepening International Cooperation Mechanisms to Promote Trade Safety and Facilitation," with over 100 participants from more than 20 Belt and Road countries, embassies, and international organizations [3]