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2006-07-12
The Chinese Food Industry and Market Report
Written by Professor Ying Bin, Zhongnan University of Economics & Law, guest researcher at Lund International Food Studies Sept 01 2005 – Aug 28 2006

China is a country in transition that is developing rapidly. Although China became a net export country of food after 1980’s, the import and export scales of foods keep growing for many years. In 2005, the food trade scale has reached 44.28 Billion US$ with a growth rate of 18.4% from 2000 to 2005. With increasing income and changing lifestyles, the food consumption pattern and meal structure both changed a lot recent years. The report analyzes the development of the Chinese food industry and the food market, Chinese food culture and characteristics of food consumption behaviour. The report has five parts:

Part One analyzes the food culture of China, which is the basic of understanding all the things related to food and meal in China. It includes the traditional food culture, the differences between different areas in China and the differences between China and western countries. Part Two introduces the development of Chinese food industry, including the history and the future of Chinese food industry. It also analyzes the import and export situations of Chinese food market.

Part Three introduces the development and characteristics of Chinese food market. It analyzes five important food markets in China, including functional food market, green food market, fast food market, children food market and grey food market.

Part Four analyzes the characteristics of Chinese’s consumer behaviour when buying foods after introducing the changes of food consumption pattern in China and the new trends of the food consumption. As part three has analyzed the food consumption of children and elderly people, this part focus on the food consumption of young people.

Part Five introduces the situation of Chinese food safety, analyzes the causes and solutions of the food safety problem. It also analyzes the genetically modified food in China.

 

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