By Xu Chunhua, Liu Jianhui, Wang Lining, Chen Yanqi, Zheng
Yongde
The 14th Chinese Mushroom Days, originally scheduled for
November 19-21 in Zhangzhou Wanda Realm hotel in that city. It has, however, had
been rescheduled to November 19-21, in Xiamen, in the Fliport Hotel and the
Fliport Conference & Exhibition Center, with the new name: 2020
International Mushroom Days (Xiamen). Exhibition combined with professional forum,
workshop and training course made this event a great success. This was an
industry event for the entire industry chain of mushroom in the post-epidemic
era, fully integrating industry technology, equipment, products, capital,
talents, policies, channels, as well as cutting-edge information and advanced
concepts.
2020 International
Mushroom Days (Xiamen) was hosted by the China Chamber of Commerce of I/E of
Foodstuffs, Native Produce and Animal By-products (CNFA). 24 companies and
individuals sponsored this event, such as Shanghai Xuerong Biology Co., Ltd.,
Jiangsu Li Sha Fungi Co., Ltd., Sylvan International Biotechnology Co., Ltd. and
Tianshui Zhongxing Mushroom Technology Co. Ltd., etc. There were more than
2,000 participants and nearly 6,000 entries into the exhibition area.
Professor Li Yu,
academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, delivered a speech at the
opening ceremony. He said the International Mushroom Days was a platform for
mushroom exchange in China. On this platform, officials, industry, academia and
research had really played in-depth exchanges. The teams of the mushroom
industry had grown stronger and younger. The event was the real
"navigation mark" for Chinese mushroom industry. Xi Jinping, general
secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, mentioned
"small fungus, big industry" during an inspection in Zhashui,
Shaanxi, which was the marching horn for mushroom industry in China. It was to
call on all practitioners to launch a general attack in various industries such
as targeted poverty alleviation, beautiful rural construction, and even general
health, so as to truly realize China from a big edible mushroom country to a
strong one.
Exhibition
The exhibition area was
12,000 square meters, 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, as well as the main mushroom production area base and
poverty alleviation demonstration base in 
counties and cities, etc.
Forum
The conference organizers
invited 100 speakers to give speeches and discussions in forums, which were
held in three venues simultaneously.
1. Keynote Speech
The keynote speech session
was following the opening
ceremony on November 19. Professor Li Yu gave the first keynote speech on
"How can the mushroom industry develop sustainably in the post-epidemic
era?” The second speaker Professor Chen Jian, academician of the Chinese
Academy of Engineering gave a speech on "The tasks and challenges of
future food".
In addition, there were another three speakers topics on rural
e-commerce, supply chain finance and new areas for mushroom development.
2. Professional Forum
The professional forum
forced on the following topics:
How to design and build a
smart mushroom factory with high efficiency, energy saving and environmental
protection?
How to choose
energy-saving and environmentally friendly polyurethane insulation materials
that meet fire safety in China?
Automation and intelligence
of mushroom equipment.
How to open up a market
for rare mushroom?
How do mushroom products
enter every family?
Agaricus bisporus industry forum.
Closed-door mushroom industry
upgrade Seminar.
3. Dialogue
More than 25 people
including company CEOs, market mangers, college professor and media editor
attended the 3 dialogue sessions, they expressed the opinions and answered
questions from participants on the following topics:
Where is the way for mushroom industry in the post-epidemic
and post-poverty era?
How can the mushroom
industry develop sustainably and healthily?
Dialogue with retailers
and wholesalers in mushroom industry
How do mushroom products
enter every family?
How to develop deep-processed
mushroom products and embrace the big food industry?
4. Strain Forum
A total of 19 scientists
from famous Chinese research institution and more than 200 mushroom
practitioners participated in the strain forum.
Three main topics were involved in this forum: 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 of mushroom manufacturers. And at the end of the forum, a discussion
session about how to achieve the healthy and sustainable development of
mushroom strains was carried out.
Volunteers
There were 31 postgraduate
students, young teachers from 7 universities and more than 30 employees of 10
enterprises and research institutes participated in the event as volunteers.
Among more than 60 volunteers, 69% were postgraduate and doctoral students.
Volunteers served every guest involved in the event with the sincerest services
in different posts, fulfilled the volunteer spirit of dedication, friendship,
mutual assistance and progress.