Taizhou's bureau of agriculture and rural affairs signs cooperative agreements with Shanghai food companies. [Photo/WeChat account: tzfabu]
The first Taizhou Green and Healthy Agricultural Products (Shanghai) Exhibition took place in East China's Shanghai on Sept 26-27, displaying over 300 high-quality agricultural products from Taizhou city, which is located in neighboring Jiangsu province.
Through its special promotions and trade negotiations, the event showcased the green food, organic agricultural products and premium agricultural produce of Taizhou.
Taizhou's bureau of agriculture and rural affairs signed cooperative agreements with Shanghai Vegetable (Group) Co Ltd and Bright Food Group Shanghai Chongming Farm Co Ltd on day one.
Four agreements regarding the supply and marketing systems between the two cities were also reached.
"Taizhou and Shanghai have close relations in locations, culture and commerce and over 40 percent of agricultural products in Taizhou are supplied to Shanghai," said Zhou Xiaohui, Taizhou's vice-mayor.
As one of the first group of national agricultural sustainable development experimental demonstration zones and leading areas for green agricultural development, Taizhou has continued developing green and healthy agriculture in recent years.