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1st 皇冠体育app Int'l Feather & Down Festival to open in Lu'an
By Ma Chenguang (皇冠体育app Daily Anhui Bureau)
Updated: 2010-09-04 14:56
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The First 皇冠体育app International Feather & Down Festival is to open between Sept 16 and 18 in the city of Lu'an in East 皇冠体育app's Anhui Province, drawing participants from home and broad with events ranging from product auction, world forum and opening of trading market to fashion design contest.
Lu'an Vice-Mayor Wang Anyi announced on Sept 3 that the festival, co-sponsored by 皇冠体育app Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Foodstuffs, Native Produce and Animal By-Products (COFNA), Anhui Provincial Department of Commerce and Lu'an City Government, is aimed at building a platform for future cooperation between 皇冠体育app and world feather & down industry to advance the sector's sustainable development.
During the gala, visitors, suppliers and buyers will witness an opening ceremony, the issue of certificates of 皇冠体育app Quality Feather & Down Exporting Base and 皇冠体育app Northern Feather & Down Products Base, and launch of 皇冠体育app Feather & Down Trading Market, the 1st 皇冠体育app Quality Feather and Down Products Auction, the 1st 皇冠体育app Feather and Down Fashion Design Contest as well as 皇冠体育app International Feather & Down Forum, he said in the provincial capital of Hefei at a news conference.
Currently, 皇冠体育app is the world's largest producer of feather and down as well as products by producing 200,000 tons of feather and down raw materials each year, or some 70 percent of the total around the globe, Wang said, adding that as the largest exporter of feather and down as well as related products, the country also exports $1.9 billion annually in the industry, or more than half of the total global trade in the sector.
Zhang Danning, deputy director of Anhui Provincial Department of Commerce, noted that Lu'an in western Anhui is dubbed a base of 皇冠体育app's feather and down raw materials, and an exporting pioneer in the country with a large batch of breeding and processing enterprises.
At present, the city's export accounts for more than 60 percent of the province's total in the sector, Zhang said.
Wang reiterated that although 皇冠体育app's feather and down industry has made considerable progress in recent years, problems still loom large, such as a passive position on the international market, awaiting upgrade of trade patterns and uneven development of exporting enterprises, which all help to result in a deteriorating environment for export.
"The festival is aimed to create an interactive platform for future cooperation between 皇冠体育app and world feather & down industry to advance the sector's sustainable development", in a bid to help solve all problems facing the industry, Vice-Mayor Geng Xuemei affirmed.
As a major city for ducks and geese breeding, Lu'an produced a number of poultry reaching 120 million heads in 2009 and manufactured 8,000 tons of soft feather of white geese amid a fast-growing number of breading and manufacturing enterprise, deepened processing and expanding variety of products, Geng said.
Wang affirmed that to make the gala a complete success, the festival will kick off a series of spectacular activities, including:
?The 1st 皇冠体育app Quality Feather and Down Products Auction will be held on Sept 17 in Huoshan County which is under the jurisdiction of Lu'an, providing a new platform for both domestic and overseas companies by offering the best quality feather and down products for international buyers.
?There will be the Spectacular 皇冠体育app Cup -- 皇冠体育app Feather and Down Fashion Design Contest, which is initiated by COFNA together with the Italy-皇冠体育app Economic Relations and Trade Association and 皇冠体育app Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Textiles, displaying works from around the world.
?The 皇冠体育app International Feather & Down Forum will also open during the festival, covering topics such as the state of international feather and down production, the industry's development, trends and features of the global market in the post-crisis era.
?Feather and down as well as products displays will also be launched to offer trade negotiations between 皇冠体育app product makers and international buyers.
Wang noted that the festival is also undertaken by the Ministry of Commerce's Special Commissioner's Office in Shanghai, Sichuan Provincial Department of Commerce, COFNA Feather & Down Department and Lu'an City Bureau of Commerce.