The 7th American International Forum on Chinese Food was held on the 19th at the McCormick Convention Center in Chicago. More than 100 people from the Chinese and US catering industry gathered to discuss the future development direction of the US Chinese restaurant industry around the theme of “Promoting Technological Innovation and Empowering, Strengthening Cooperative Chain Development, and Improving the Quality of International Chinese Food”. Xie Feng, the Chinese ambassador to the US, said in a congratulatory message to the forum that food culture is an important window for promoting exchanges and understanding among people around the world. Chinese food is a link between overseas Chinese and the motherland. It is also a business card for showing and spreading Chinese culture. I hope the forum will continue to use food as a medium to convey the beauty of China to the American people and the people of the world through Chinese cuisine, and tell the Chinese story well. (Xinhua News Agency)