Sugar-reducing peppers, fruit peppers, fat-reducing cucumbers, anthocyanin tomatoes... Recently, over 600 new vegetable varieties made their debut at the 25th China (Shouguang) International Vegetable Science and Technology Expo. Currently, there are more than 2,600 excellent vegetable varieties from home and abroad showcased in 10 exhibition halls in Shouguang, as well as in the high-yield cultivation area of solar greenhouses, vegetable museums, leisure farms, and outdoor exhibition areas, with a total main exhibition area of 450,000 square meters.
The "Internet Celebrity" Scene at the Vegetable Expo
Photo by Liao Yang
This year's Vegetable Expo focuses on the theme of "Green, Technology, Future." For the first time, it has implemented the simultaneous opening of the main venue and sub-venues. The event features richer content and more distinct cultural characteristics, presenting an agricultural event of open collaboration and shared future.
A large pumpkin at the Vegetable Expo, photographed by Liao Yang.
Li Peng, the Secretary of the Shouguang Municipal Party Committee, stated that vegetables are not only the "industrial landmark" of Shouguang, but also its "golden business card." In recent years, Shouguang has accelerated the development of a national comprehensive vegetable industry service base, with the most authoritative vegetable standards, cutting-edge vegetable seed industry, and top-quality vegetable brands. The Vegetable Expo has been held since 2000, carrying on its history, witnessing the present, and heralding a bright future.
A young visitor at the Vegetable Expo. Photo by Liao Yang.
The exhibition combines on-site planting with booth displays, vegetable horticulture and cultural arts, economic and trade negotiations, and sightseeing tourism. It comprehensively gathers, showcases, exchanges, and promotes new technologies, new varieties, new achievements, and new concepts in the domestic and international vegetable industry and related fields. This year's Vegetable Expo also collaborates with agricultural parks jointly built by Shouguang and various regions across the country for online interaction, setting up five sub-venues in Quzhou, Zhejiang, Kaizhou, Chongqing, Huanggang, Hubei, Kunyu, Xinjiang, and Datong, Shanxi.
A young visitor at the Vegetable Expo. Photo by Liao Yang.
This year's Vegetable Expo showcases over 80 new varieties and more than 120 new technologies, featuring innovative highlights such as the introduction of new aquaponic systems, vegetable planting management robots, and AI tomato cultivation models. During the exhibition, there will also be over 20 sub-events including the International Agricultural Products Exhibition, Agricultural Machinery and Equipment Exhibition, and the "Shouguang Good Products" Exhibition within the main event.
Young visitors at the Vegetable Expo, photo by Liao Yang.
The 2024 Shouguang Facility Vegetable Garden Development Conference is concurrently opening, aiming to gather industry experts nationwide, create a high-end platform for talent, technology, and industry convergence, explore cooperation opportunities along the "Belt and Road" route, comprehensively promote the high-quality development of facility vegetables, support the promotion of the "Shouguang Model," lead the future development of China's facility vegetable industry, and make greater contributions to rural revitalization.
The guide is explaining to visitors on site. Photo by Liao Yang.
At the expo, a total of 4,392 vegetable varieties from 421 domestic and foreign scientific research and seed companies were showcased. After expert evaluations, 7 winners of the "Shou Vegetable Seed Industry" Cup Golden Seed Award and 14 expert-recommended varieties were selected for on-site release and promotion.
International friends visiting the Vegetable Expo, photographed by Liao Yang.
Since 2000, the China (Shouguang) International Vegetable Science and Technology Expo has been successfully held for 24 consecutive sessions. Leveraging the advantages of the Shouguang vegetable industry chain, the Vegetable Expo has evolved from a regional agricultural exhibition to a national AAAAA-level agricultural exhibition. It is the first in the country to receive dual certification from the International Exhibition Industry Association (UFI) as a member in the field of vegetable science and technology exhibitions.
Visitors are earnestly capturing the scene. Photo by Liao Yang.
Each session of the Vegetable Expo showcases advanced technologies and cultivation methods in the domestic and international vegetable industry. Over the past 24 years, more than 30 million people have attended the event for learning and exploration.
