COLOGNE, Germany, Oct. 5 -- Anuga, the world's leading trade fair for food and beverages opened Saturday in the Cologne exhibition center to celebrate its 100 years of history while presenting latest innovations in the industry.
Anuga 2019, slated for Oct. 5 to 9, has attracted around 7,500 exhibitors from 106 countries and regions. The number of visitors is expected to exceed 165,000, according to the organizers.
About 600 exhibitors from China attended the fair. Among them, more than 50 companies from east China's Zhejiang Province presented their agricultural and processed food products at the China (Zhejiang) Pavilion.
Celebrating its 100th anniversary, this year's Anuga presented the Boulevard of Inspiration for the first time, where innovative, new products, the latest market and consumer trends, as well as future development scenarios and concepts are showcased in three different events.
The first Anuga took place in Stuttgart in 1919. Since 1951, the trade fair has been held in Cologne every two years.