Core Highlight: On November 12, the "2025 National Specialty Flavored Food Industry High-Quality Development Conference," hosted by the China Food Industry Association and the People's Government of Xinghua City, was grandly held in Xinghua City, Jiangsu Province. The conference, themed "Chinese Culture, Essence of Cuisine," gathered over 300 guests from local government departments of major specialty food production areas, provincial and municipal food associations, leading food enterprises, food research institutes, and media to jointly study and explore the development path and mission of the specialty flavored food industry in the new era.