“此次餐博會的成功舉辦，一定能進一步豐富澳門餐飲市場，促進澳門餐飲旅游消費，為澳門打造世界旅游休閑中心有所幫助。”中國商務部副部長蔣耀平21日在澳門表示。
Macao (CNS) -- Hosted by the Ministry of Commerce and the Macao SAR's Secretariat for Economy and Finance, the Third China Catering Expo concluded Sunday in Macao.
The three-day event attracted over 500 enterprises from 20 countries and regions.
In recent years, the scale and level of China's catering industry has improved, said Vice Minister of Commerce Jiang Yaoping at the expo's opening ceremony.
In 2011, catering retail sales amounted to 2.05 trillion yuan (US$326 billion), an increase of 16.9 percent over the previous year, which contributed to 11.2 percent of the growth in retail sales of consumer goods, according to Jiang.
More and more international food and beverage brands are entering China and more Chinese catering enterprises are becoming international, he added.
The expo aims to disseminate Chinese food culture, build-up branded catering enterprises, provide innovative development direction to the catering sector and strengthen international exchange and business cooperation.
The previous two expos were successfully held in Xi'an of Shaanxi Province and Chengdu in Sichuan Province.
“此次餐博會的成功舉辦，一定能進一步豐富澳門餐飲市場，促進澳門餐飲旅游消費，為澳門打造世界旅游休閑中心有所幫助。”中國商務部副部長蔣耀平21日在澳門表示。
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