In the past few years, ‘Chinese food prosperity plan’ has been implemented. In the end of October, Nantong benefiting overseas Chinese project Chinese food prosperity work promotion conference was held. A batch of Chinese food prosperity bases were open at the conference. It was a sign that the pace of walk out for Nantong catering industry was accelerated, to promote overseas Chinese food industry development.

The Best Fresh in the World, Langshan chicken braised with brown sauce, jellyfish oral-arms and pig lung stew... Nantong cuisine is included in Huaiyang cuisine system which is one of China’s four major cuisines.

Nantong is also an important participant of modern cuisine and food culture ‘walk out’. On the conference, Nantong secondary vocational school of tourism became the first Chinese food prosperity training base in Nantong.

Vice principal of Nantong secondary vocational school of tourism Sun Yong told the reporter that the school would work on building Nantong cuisine education training platform and communication platform on the basis of Chinese food prosperity training base, cultivate a batch of excellent Chinese cuisine workers who work on overseas communication.

Nantong is a famous ‘new overseas Chinese home’ in the state and in the world. There are over 100 thousand overseas Chinese, whose footprints are in more than 120 countries and areas in the world. More than 50 overseas Chinese organizations have been established.

Led by national ‘the Belt and Road’ proposal, in the past few years, a batch of Nantong Chinese food enterprises have settled abroad. Hotel Shanghai in St.Petersburg, Russia is one of them.

Board chairman of Hotel Shanghai in St.Petersburg Yu Jianjun was born in Rudong. More than 20 years ago, he went to work in Russia. Yu Jianjun introduced that most of the cooks in the hotel were from Nantong. Authentic Huaiyang cuisine including Nantong mixed stew, braised mutton in brown sauce, roast prawn are popular among local customers. In the present, hotel Shanghai has become the most famous Chinese restaurant in St. Petersburg. It is also the first choice of local Chinese people when they hold dinners. Before Covid-19, it receives more than 200 thousand Chinese and foreign guests every year.

Mu Yi Feng, Jing Fu Zhai, He Ying Ji, Ding Pu Zhao... Nantong time honored brands have always been popular, with unique charm. In the name of ‘food’, to promote Chinese food brands overseas with Nantong characteristics, is important for Nantong in open up.