The 2025 China International Minor Grains and Beans Conference was held in Shanghai.
Published 2025년 8월 25일
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On August 20-21, 2025, the 2025 China International Minor Grains and Beans Conference, hosted by the China Food and Animal Husbandry Import and Export Association, was held in Shanghai.
President Cao Derong, Mr. Vijay Ayang, Chairman of the Global Pulses Coalition (GPC), and Wang Zhenzhong, Chairman of the Mixed Grains Committee of the China Grain Industry Association, attended the conference and delivered speeches at the opening ceremony. Over 230 representatives from the beans industry and enterprises from 24 countries worldwide participated in the conference.
The conference conducted an in-depth analysis of the current status and prospects of the global beans industry, and held group discussions on major bean varieties such as dried peas, mung beans, chickpeas, lentils, and broad beans. During the conference, a display and trade matching event for bean products and processing equipment was organized, and domestic and foreign enterprises engaged in exchanges and trade negotiations.
In recent years, as the important role of bean products in health and sustainable development has been recognized by more consumers, global bean consumption has been continuously rising. Beans are both an important agricultural product and a traditional food in China, and domestic bean consumption and import volume have shown a sustained growth trend.
Beans refer to all bean varieties except soybeans, also known as "miscellaneous beans" in China. In recent years, the importance of bean cultivation in soil protection, as well as the significant role of bean products in health care, has been increasingly recognized, leading to a continuous growth in global bean production and sales. China's bean production, consumption, and trade have also been growing. According to customs statistics, in the first half of this year, China imported 1,364,400 tons of beans, an increase of 18.56% year-on-year, with a value of $797 million, an increase of 21.87% year-on-year; China exported 120,600 tons of beans, an increase of 21.59% year-on-year, with a value of $197 million, an increase of 17.06% year-on-year.
President Cao Derong, Mr. Vijay Ayang, Chairman of the Global Pulses Coalition (GPC), and Wang Zhenzhong, Chairman of the Mixed Grains Committee of the China Grain Industry Association, attended the conference and delivered speeches at the opening ceremony. Over 230 representatives from the beans industry and enterprises from 24 countries worldwide participated in the conference.
The conference conducted an in-depth analysis of the current status and prospects of the global beans industry, and held group discussions on major bean varieties such as dried peas, mung beans, chickpeas, lentils, and broad beans. During the conference, a display and trade matching event for bean products and processing equipment was organized, and domestic and foreign enterprises engaged in exchanges and trade negotiations.
In recent years, as the important role of bean products in health and sustainable development has been recognized by more consumers, global bean consumption has been continuously rising. Beans are both an important agricultural product and a traditional food in China, and domestic bean consumption and import volume have shown a sustained growth trend.
Beans refer to all bean varieties except soybeans, also known as "miscellaneous beans" in China. In recent years, the importance of bean cultivation in soil protection, as well as the significant role of bean products in health care, has been increasingly recognized, leading to a continuous growth in global bean production and sales. China's bean production, consumption, and trade have also been growing. According to customs statistics, in the first half of this year, China imported 1,364,400 tons of beans, an increase of 18.56% year-on-year, with a value of $797 million, an increase of 21.87% year-on-year; China exported 120,600 tons of beans, an increase of 21.59% year-on-year, with a value of $197 million, an increase of 17.06% year-on-year.
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On August 20-21, 2025, the 2025 China International Minor Grains and Beans Conference, hosted by the China Food and Animal Husbandry Import and Export Association, was held in Shanghai. President Cao Derong, Mr. Vijay Aiyang, Chairman of the Global Pulses Confederation (GPC), and Wang Zhenzhong, Chairman of the Mixed Grains Branch of the China Grain Industry Association, attended the conference and delivered speeches at the opening ceremony. Over 230 representatives from the beans industry and enterprises from 24 countries around the world participated in the conference. The conference conducted an in-depth analysis of the current situation and prospects of the global beans industry, and held group discussions on major bean varieties such as dried peas, mung beans, chickpeas, lentils, and broad beans. During the conference, a display and trade matching event for bean products and processing equipment was also organized, and domestic and foreign enterprises engaged in docking ...
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