Press Release: Commissioner Dacian Cioloş visits China to promote European quality foods

Dacian Cioloş, Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, will visit China from 20 March until 25 March 2011 to promote quality European food and drink products which carry Geographical Indications (GIs). The Commissioner will be accompanied by a delegation of 30 top executives from food and drink companies from across the European Union, representing an enticing array of world famous products. In meetings with the Chinese administration, the Commissioner will also be exploring avenues for mutually recognising GI food and drink from China and Europe.

Commissioner Cioloş will also participate in business-to-government events on agriculture and GI's, and officially launch the flagship EU- China Trade Project, one of the EU's biggest ever trade programmes. Together with the business representatives, the Commissioner will visit Shanghai, Hangzhou, Suzhou and Beijing – including a visit to a region where the world famous Long Jing tea is grown - to learn more about China’s celebrated gastronomic traditions and discover the richness of rural China.