[From Anhui News] The 17^th CIGOEX opened on October 17. Top grain enterprises in China are joining in this grand meeting.

Starting from 1999, CIGOEX has made itself the largest comprehensive Expo with the longest history of grain industry in domestic, and it is the first time CIGOEX is held in Anhui province. This session’s Expo reached the exhibiting size at 43000 square meters, and showing the latest fruit in grain industry. At the same time, 9 advantageous counties in China sent their delegating exhibiting units attend the Exhibition. Our reporter found that delegates from 26 provinces all presented their best rice products such as Wuchang rice from Heilongjiang Province, Meihe rice from Jilin Province and so on. Anhui Province also set its own pavilion to display the various rice products from local.

Many exhibitors carried the rice cooker to the booth and cook the rice on the Expo, so visitors can taste and distinguish the difference between different rice. The exhibiting hall is full of the scent of rice. Our reporter also tasted several rice, and “all of them is amazing”.

Wuchang Rice is a well-known rice variety in China, but there are so many fake ones in the market. After consulting with rice specialties, our reporter learns that authentic Wuchang Rice is long rice and with a small whit spot in the middle where the scent comes through. Varies Wuchang Rice has been shown on the Jilin Pavilion.

Shitai, Anhui province, is a region full of selenium, and there are rice products with this highlight to the public.

At the same time, rice drinks and instant rice porridge is also presented.

Beside grain and oil products, grain processing equipment is also an important exhibiting part of the Expo. The Exhibition will continue to October 19, and welcome residents to have a look.