Multi-pronged efforts to build a hundred billion food industry cluster

Our reporter Fang Wenrong correspondent Zhao Jin Wu Yimin Zhang Shaochong

A few days ago, Zhangzhou City, Fujian Province issued the "Eight Measures to Support the High-Quality Development of Food Processing Industry Clusters" (hereinafter referred to as the "Eight Measures for Food"), focusing on encouraging enterprises to do large-scale, digital and intelligent transformation, innovation platform construction, enterprise technological transformation and upgrading, Specific measures are put forward in eight aspects, including market expansion, independent innovation, brand quality improvement, and exchanges and cooperation, to support the high-quality development of Zhangzhou food industry clusters.

Q: What is the background for the introduction of the "Eight Measures for Food"?

A: The food industry is a traditional advantageous industry in Zhangzhou, and it is also the largest industry in Zhangzhou at present, with an industrial scale of over 100 billion yuan

Q: What specific incentives are there to encourage enterprises to become bigger and stronger?

A: There are more than 600 designated food enterprises in Zhangzhou, most of which have an output value of 100 million yuan, and relatively few enterprises with an output value of more than 1 billion yuan.

Q: What specific incentives are there to encourage enterprises to accelerate intelligent transformation?

A: At present, the digitalization and intelligence of food enterprises in Zhangzhou are generally not high

Q: What are the main aspects of encouraging innovation platform construction?

A: The purpose of this move is to support the introduction of public service platforms, support the platform to carry out industrial services, and make up for Zhangzhou's weak research and development capabilities and low product added value

Q: What incentives are there for the technological transformation of enterprises?

A: Encouraging the technological transformation and upgrading of enterprises aims to continuously improve the production capacity and technical level of enterprises and realize transformation and upgrading by supporting enterprises to carry out a new round of technological transformation with greater intensity

Q: What are the specific measures to encourage market expansion?

A: The "Eight Measures for Food" proposes to encourage market expansion, support the creation of the "Zhangzhou flavor" brand, expand sales channels, and open up markets

Q: What kind of rewards are given to institutions that participate in the formulation of industry standards and local standards?

　　A: The "Eight Measures for Food" clearly states that appropriate subsidies will be given to associations (chambers of commerce, industry alliances) and industry research institutes to participate in the formulation and revision of food standards

　　Q: What are the specific regulations to encourage brand quality improvement?

　　A: The "Eight Measures for Food" mainly guides and supports food enterprises from the perspective of encouraging brand creation and quality improvement

　　Q: What are the incentive policies for promoting exchanges and cooperation?

　　A: The "Eight Measures for Food" clearly encourages exchanges and cooperation, and enhances the popularity and influence of "Zhangzhou, a famous food city in China" by supporting various forms of publicity and exchange activities for "Famous Food City in China"

"China Food News" (version 01 on June 9, 2022)

　　(Editor-in-charge: Han Songyan)