The 2020 Yibin Eel Industry Investment Promotion and Food Culture Promotion Conference was held in Yibin
In order to enrich the people's table, carry forward and innovate China's unique food culture, promote the healthy and rapid development of Yibin's aquatic industry, and realize the sustained prosperity of Jiang'an eel industry. Guided by Sichuan Cuisine Association and Yibin Catering Chamber of Commerce, sponsored by Jiang'an Qicai Lake Special Aquaculture Co., Ltd., undertaken by Yibin Lingce E-commerce Industrial Park Co., Ltd., Golden Rose International Hotel Alliance, China (Sichuan) Smart Hotel Alliance, Sichuan Tourism Hotel Female General Manager Association, Yibin Net Red Incubation Base, Yibin City Celebrity Hotel, Jiang'an Innovation and Entrepreneurship Incubation Center, Jiang'an County Aquatic Products Association, the first Yibin Jiang'an Eel Cup Cooking Skills Competition, the morning of May 20, 2020, Held in Sichuan Yibin City Celebrity Hotel. Party committees and governments at all levels attach great importance to this meeting, and more than 320 people attended the meeting, including responsible persons of relevant business departments of Sichuan Province, responsible persons of relevant departments of the Yibin Municipal People's Government and Jiang'an County People's Government, and representatives of enterprises and associations in Sichuan.
It is understood that located on the banks of the Yangtze River, Yibin Jiang'an County Qicai Lake Special Aquaculture Co., Ltd. "Chuan Eel Lang" breeding base, is the largest eel production, export processing enterprises in southern Sichuan, 1300 tons of eels are exported to Japan, South Korea, Singapore and other parts of the world, deeply loved by consumers. The breeding base has done a lot of fruitful work in scientific ecological breeding, promoting eel culture, and opening up the consumer market. Let the eel, the "safest fish in the world," swim to the tables of the people of the whole country and the people of the world. Witnessed the ecological breeding of eels, learned about the past and present lives of eels, and witnessed the entrepreneurial stories of entrepreneurs...
Chef artisans, skillful hands to produce a series of craft food works
The first Yibin Jiang'an Eel Cooking Skills Competition in 2020 is based on the concept of green ecology, nutrition and healthy diet in Jiang'an, with this as the carrier to create a boutique catering culture of "the first city of the Yangtze River, taste The eel in Jiang'an", and help the continuous improvement of the reception quality and service level of rural folk tourism. In the excavation and promotion of the unique flavor of the eel banquet, the yibin Jiang'an characteristic eel famous dish was created, and the rapid development of the cultural tourism industry in Jiang'an County's eel town was promoted.
Wei Sen, general manager of Qicai Lake Special Aquaculture Co., Ltd. in Jiang'an County
Before the meeting, the media interviewed Wei Sen, general manager of Jiang'an Qicai Lake Special Aquaculture Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Qicai Lake Company). According to Wei Sen, Jiang'an County eel breeding base is not only the only one in Sichuan, but also the only one in the southwest region, eels have high requirements for the water temperature and water quality of aquaculture, the temperature is generally between 20 degrees and 30 degrees, using the infiltration water of the Yangtze River, after laboratory testing, the water quality is fully in line with aquaculture standards, and then through the natural infiltration and filtration of wells, the sealed direct transport to the breeding pond, the flow of water is constantly changing and updating, ensuring that the quality of the farmed eels is very good. Since its establishment, the company has absorbed 100 to 300 migrant workers to participate in the construction, alleviating the local employment pressure. To work in the company, we buy social security "five insurances", their average monthly salary of about 4,000 yuan, the breeding base every year to put about 5 million eel fry, the output of up to 1500 tons, the output value of 150 million. Products are mainly exported to Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong and other countries and regions, the current impact of the epidemic, export suspension, to adjust the focus on the development of the domestic market, Wei Sen told the media, the company plans to build 5 to 10 breeding bases in Yibin and Sichuan region, from breeding, processing, feed and future seedlings, the formation of Sichuan eel industry chain. Eels are ecological spawning, swim back to freshwater growth, due to the completion of the Three Gorges Dam, eels swim back to the upper reaches of our Yangtze River, only the introduction of fry to breed, eel growth period of 1-3 years, fast 1 year, slow 3 years, eel fry a kilogram 5000 to 8000 tails, through 1 to 3 years of breeding of eels, the weight can reach more than 1 kg, Colorful Lake Company breeding base on the land shore, closed, factory breeding, in February this year put more than 3 million eel fry, 80% Fry adults are raised in 1 and a half years, and the special feed for raising eels is mainly fishmeal. Two sales channels are a raw material, semi-finished products or eels directly exported to Japan and other countries; the second is deep processing and re-export, accounting for a large proportion of exports, the annual export volume of about 1,000 tons, due to the impact of the epidemic we have changed the market and domestic, Wei Sen said.
Su Bin, deputy secretary of the CPC Jiang'an County CPC Committee and county magistrate
At the meeting, Su Bin, deputy secretary of the CPC Jiang'an County CPC Committee and governor of Jiang'an County, introduced the overall situation of Jiang'an County in detail to the guests in his speech, saying that Jiang'an is located in the southern edge of Sichuan, the junction of the four provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan, Qianyu, and Chongqing, and is the first county of the Yangtze River in Wanli, and the 42-kilometer golden waterway of the Yangtze River passes through the border, and is also the intersection of the Temporary Open Port of Yibin State, the Sichuan (Luzhou) Pilot Free Trade Zone, the Yangtze River Economic Belt, the Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Zone, and the Superimposed Area of the Southern Sichuan City Cluster. In recent years, according to the geographical advantages, the Jiang'an County Party Committee and the county government, according to the overall development plan layout of the state and Sichuan and Yibin, around the strategic positioning of "building a bridgehead for the eastward opening of Yibin and building a demonstration county for the integration of the three industries in southern Sichuan", focusing on industry and committed to development, social undertakings rank among the best in the city, and characteristic agriculture continues to grow. Jiang'an adheres to the concept of green ecological development and vigorously develops special industries such as aquaculture, fruits and vegetables and morning tea, including eels. In his speech at the conference, Su Bin County Governor introduced to the guests through PPT a detailed introduction to Jiang'an's transportation advantages in the "land, port, air and rail" four-in-one, as well as Jiang'an's history, culture, tourism, education, science and technology and other resource endowments, industrial support policies and a series of reform measures to optimize the business environment, which refreshed the eyes of the participants.
Gao Pu, executive vice president and secretary general of Sichuan Cuisine Association
Gao Pu, executive vice president and secretary general of the Sichuan Culinary Association, who attended the event, said in his speech that from ancient times to the present, we have strived to achieve the color, aroma and taste of dishes in Chinese, and the development of culinary skills is a beautiful scenery of food culture. Yibin city food culture has a long history, the eel cooking skills competition was held, successfully attracted Sichuan Province and Yibin city catering industry experts, relying on the first southwest eel base in Jiang'an settlement, to fully demonstrate Yibin's pioneering spirit in the field of gastronomic innovation, to promote Yibin gastronomic culture, shape Yibin special catering brand, promote the development of Yibin catering industry is of great significance.
The content of this competition is full of novelty, the style of dishes is unique, the contestants inject new vitality into the competition with their own incisive cooking skills, showing everyone a civilized, innovative, friendly competition, I hope that Yibin can hold more similar competitions in the future, from farmland to table, search for local good ingredients, through good cooking technology, Yibin cuisine will be promoted to the whole country and even overseas, thereby promoting the construction of Yibin catering ecological chain, focusing on the introduction of local brand ingredients like "Sichuan Eel Lang", integrated development, Let everyone eat better and more assured!
General Manager of Colorful Lake Company Wei Sen
After being interviewed by the media, Wei Sen, general manager of Colorful Lake Company, made a further keynote speech at the meeting, saying that since the establishment of the company in April 2017, with the strong support of party committees, governments, competent departments and all sectors of society, it was officially put into production in February 2019. Prior to this, the company's farmed eels and eel products had been produced and exported to Japan according to the standards for export to Japan. In order to promote the Chinese dining of eels, we held the first eel food culture seminar here. As the only special aquaculture enterprise in Sichuan to breed eels, our company has a high-tech team and mature breeding technology, scientific breeding, so that the quality of eels in the forefront of the country; the products produced by the company are also deeply loved by foreign consumers.
Our company is the "key experimental research base for the protection and utilization of fish resources in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River in Sichuan Province", and has established a long-term industry-university-research cooperation relationship with "Neijiang Normal University". In 2019, the company applied for 6 intellectual property rights according to the technology in the eel breeding process, including 2 inventions and 4 utility model technologies.
Just watched the exquisite cooking skills of various well-known chefs in the province, which was eye-opening and appetizing. Grilled eel, braised eel, steamed eel, eel sashimi... The food is dizzying and mouth-watering. Taste jiang'an eel, indulge in the landscape and yibin! Yibin is known as the "first city of the Yangtze River, the wine capital of China, and the bamboo capital of China", and is a national historical and cultural city, an excellent tourist city in China, and a national forest city. Yibin location conditions are unique, located in the combination of Yunnan-Guichuan, Jinsha River, Minjiang River, Yangtze River at the confluence, unique hydrological conditions to create a high-quality aquaculture environment, the company is about to start the second phase of planning and construction, will be committed to building "China's eel capital", carefully do a good job in eel breeding and eel products deep processing, in the continuous improvement of consumer quality of life at the same time, actively assume corporate responsibility, drive local economic development, to revitalize the rural economy, help farmers increase income to contribute.
Li Guiqin, Chairman of Golden Rose International Hotel Alliance, Chairman of China (Sichuan) Smart Hotel Alliance, and President of Sichuan Tourism Hotel Female General Managers Association
Li Guiqin, chairman of the Golden Rose International Hotel Alliance, chairman of the China (Sichuan) Smart Hotel Alliance, and president of the Sichuan Tourism Hotel Female General Managers Association, also delivered a warm speech, saying that at present, Yibin City is actively and effectively promoting the spread of cultural tourism and cuisine and the construction of the health industry under the unified deployment of grasping the "epidemic" on the one hand and resuming work and production on the other. Yibin Jiang'an County Qicai Lake Special Aquaculture Company is a model base for agricultural innovation aquaculture in southern Sichuan. In the course of more than 20 years of entrepreneurship, Colorful Lake Company has forged ahead in the wind and rain, forged ahead, with scientific and technological wisdom, entrepreneurial feelings; with modern management, large-scale production; with scientific professionalism, standardized breeding, in the original intention, open up the market, to meet the challenge of the endeavor, out of a road of innovation and entrepreneurship development. They are people-oriented, mobilize the enthusiasm of employees, actively explore, and cultivate this unique high-quality product of eel.
Through today's eel food culture exchange and cooking competition, the priceless charm of the eel brand will be fully demonstrated. The rich nutrition of its unique green aquatic products not only helps the human body to recuperate, but also brings rich economic benefits to the enterprise. Boost modern agriculture, healthy China's rapid development!
After a passionate speech to promote people's progress, Chairman Li Guiqin (President) on behalf of the Golden Rose International Hotel Alliance, Sichuan Provincial Brand Construction Promotion Association, China (Sichuan) Smart Hotel Alliance, Sichuan Tourism Hotel Provincial Women General Managers Association four units, awarded: Jiang'an County Qicai Lake Special Aquaculture Co., Ltd. "Golden Rose International (China) Green Health Product Award" and Li Guiqin himself created the "Golden Rose Poetry Collection", Chairman Shen Mingguo, General Manager Wei Sen on stage to receive the award.
Chairman Li also presented to the conference the Top Ten Folk Artists in China, Mr. Situ Hua, the Chinese Ya Seal Ink Treasure.
The conference also awarded the first, second and third prizes to the contestants
Qiu Kehong, executive vice chairman of the Celebrity Chef Committee of the China Hotel Association and chairman of Sichuan Ruifeng Xinchuan Cuisine Catering Management Company
Qiu Kehong, executive vice chairman of the Celebrity Chef Committee of China Hotel Association and chairman of Sichuan Ruifeng Xinchuan Cuisine Catering Management Company, commented on the eel food competition in Yibin with a professional's eyes, he believes that this food competition is an exploration of new cooking techniques, is the development of Jiang'an eel products, plays a certain role in promoting, eel in our traditional culinary industry, generally use is steamed more, steamed green eel, lion pan dragon eel traditional dishes are more, today this competition has some breakthroughs, For example, in the cooking techniques, more abundant, derived from the soup stewed eel, eel, palace explosion, craft, frying, frying, slipping, eel surface mucus, calcium content is very rich, Koreans, Japanese are more like to eat eel, this ingredient (eel) protein content is relatively high, eat more can cultivate the yuan solid, can be blind and calcium supplementation, osteoporosis can play a certain role in alleviating. I believe that in the understanding of eel ingredients, we should also strengthen publicity and promotion.
This year's "Eel Cup" Cooking Skills Competition implements an invitation system, with 10 participating units, and the eel dish chefs from Yibin will show their style. The skill cooking competition lasts 95 minutes, and Jiang'an Qicai Lake Special Aquaculture Co., Ltd. provides 2 eels (1.2-1.5 kg/tail) for each participating unit to prepare 4 dishes. At the conference site, the guests were amazed when they admired the slippery eels turning into different and exquisite arts and crafts eel delicacies in the hands of the Sichuan chef masters.
In order to promote the development of "6+ 3" modern characteristic agriculture in Yibin City, support Yibin eel production to expand the three productions, export to domestic sales, in accordance with the requirements of the municipal government leaders and the implementation of provincial, municipal and county policies to support the development of enterprises during the epidemic period, the meeting also held a Jiang'an eel promotion, delicious food publicity and investment signing ceremony. In the afternoon, accompanied by Shen Mingguo, chairman of Qicai Lake Company, a study delegation led by Li Guiqin, chairman of Golden Rose International Hotel Alliance, chairman of China (Sichuan) Smart Hotel Alliance and president of Sichuan Tourism Hotel Female General Managers Association, visited the breeding base of Qicai Lake Company located on the Yangtze River in Jiang'an.
China Report, People's Life Network, International Online, Asia News Weekly Network, Sichuan Online, Sichuan News Network, Western Tourism and Food Network, West China Metropolis Daily, Yibin Daily, Yibin TV, Yibin Evening News, Yibin News Network and other central and local media reported on the event.
【Trivia】Eel, alias white eel, river eel, eel, green eel. Eel refers to the general name of species belonging to the eel order, also known as eel, is a fish that looks like a long snake and has the basic characteristics of a fish. In addition, eels are similar to salmon and have migratory characteristics. Eels are snake-like fish, but without scales, and are generally produced in brackish and fresh water junctions.
Eel is rich in a variety of nutrients, with deficiency and blood nourishment, moisture removal, anti-tuberculosis and other effects, is a long-term illness, weakness, anemia, tuberculosis and other patients of good nutrition. Eels contain a very rare Xihe Rock protein, which has a good effect of strengthening the kidneys and is a health food for young couples and middle-aged and elderly people. Eels are calcium-rich aquatic products, which are eaten regularly, which can increase the value of blood calcium and make the body strong. The liver of eels is rich in vitamin A and is an excellent food for night blind people.
"Eels have been known as 'ginseng in the water' since ancient times, and they are rich in high-quality protein, vitamins and essential amino acids." Eels are rich in vitamins A and E 60 times and 9 times that of ordinary fish, which is conducive to preventing vision degradation, protecting the liver, and restoring energy; the phospholipids contained in the meat of eels are one of the indispensable nutrients of human brain cells, and the content of DHA and EPA, known as "brain gold", is higher than other seafood and meat; at the same time, eels also contain a lot of calcium, its meat and skin are rich in collagen, and its body also contains rare West River Rock protein. It has the effect of strengthening the kidneys. The eel consumption market is mainly concentrated in China's Hong Kong and Macao, Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia, Europe, the United States and Canada and other countries and regions, the products are mainly roasted eels, live eels and frozen eels, of which the consumption of grilled eels accounts for more than 90% of the total consumption.