On June 15, 2015, the 2015 International Food Safety Conference was held in Beijing, as an important activity of the China Food Safety Publicity Week. Bi Jingquan, Minister of China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA), attended the conference and delivered a speech. Teng Jiacai, Vice Minister of CFDA, presided over the conference.

Representatives from related international organizations and food safety regulatory authorities reached a consensus on international cooperation in food safety, namely to stick to the principles of “win-win cooperation, balanced development and common security”, and make the top-level design for regulatory cooperation to realize global governance of food safety.

UNIDO Director General Li Yong, the Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to China Aart Jacobi, WHO Representative in China Bernhard Schwartlander, the World Bank’s Country Director Bert Hofman, FAO Representative Percy Misika, and representatives from the Ministry of Agriculture, the National Health and Family Planning Commission, and the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of China delivered speeches at the conference. About 300 representatives from the international organizations mentioned above, the food safety regulatory authorities, industrial associations, academic institutions and media of more than 20 countries or regions, including the United States, the Netherlands, Germany, Ireland, Denmark, France, South Korea, Switzerland, European Union, Hong Kong and Macao, attended the conference.