Professor Li Yu, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering held the first keynote lecture.
New equipment in the GTM booth.
Opening and exhibition Professor Li Yu of the Chinese Academy of Engineering delivered a speech at the opening ceremony. He said the Mushroom Days is a platform for mushroom exchange in China. “The teams of the mushroom industry have grown stronger and younger, and the event is a real ‘navigation mark’ for the Chinese mushroom industry.” He referred to Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party, who mentioned ‘small fungus, big industry’ during an inspection in Zhashui, Shaanxi, and called on all practitioners to launch a general attack in various industries such as poverty alleviation, rural construction and general health, so as to truly develop China from a ‘big’ edible mushroom country to a ‘strong’ one. The spatial exhibition area - contrary to the Zhangzhou venue, where stand space extended into the streets outside - was totally indoor, and amounted to 12,000 m2, including about 60 special booths and more than 140 standard booths. The exhibits covered the entire industry chain of mushroom products and services, including strains, raw materials, mechanical equipment, cultivation techniques, packaging materials, edible mushroom pre-processed and deep-processed food. Many Chinese stands were bigger than before, and here too, a bigger focus on ‘exotic’ mushrooms (and less ‘Agaricus’) could be felt. GTL Europe and Christiaens Group were the only Dutch exhibitors at the fair.
Forums
The conference organizers invited 100 speakers to give speeches and discussions in four forums, which were held in three venues simultane-
ously; The Keynote Speech Session followed the opening ceremony on November 19, and Academician Li Yu gave the first keynote speech on ‘How can the mushroom industry develop sustainably in the post-epidemic era?’ Academician Chen Jian spoke on ‘The tasks and challenges of future food’. In addition, there were three keynotes on rural e-commerce, supply chain finance, and new areas for development. The Professional Forum focussed on topics like smart mushroom factory design, energy-saving and environmentally friendly polyurethane insulation materials, automated and intelligent mushroom equipment, market issues and consumption. An Agaricus industry forum was also organised. In the Dialogue part of the conference, issues regarding retail, sustainability, health and the way forward in the post-epidemic and post-poverty era were further discussed.
Finally, a total of 19 scientists from famous Chinese research institutions and more than 200 mushroom practitioners participated in the Strain Forum. Three main topics were highligh- ted: the current situation and development of mushroom strains; the innovation and practice of bulk cultivated mushroom strains; the demand for excellent strains and intellectual property protection. A discussion session ‘How to achieve a healthy and sustainable development of mushroom strains’ closed this forum.
A good event, in short, but we can all hope that the ‘International’ Mushroom Days can live up more to its name next year.
‘The event is a
real navigation mark for the Chinese
mushroom industry’
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