2021中国冰淇淋展在天津开幕

Ice Cream China 2021 opened Monday in north China's Tianjin Municipality, attracting more than 400 companies and nearly 10,000 buyers.

2021中国冰淇淋展在天津开幕，吸引了400多家公司和近万名买家。

The three-day exhibition, covering an area of over 42,000 square meters, showcases a wide range of products in the ice cream industry, including finished products, machinery, raw materials, molds and packaging.

此次展会为期三天，占地面积超过4.2万平方米，全方位展示了冰淇淋行业的各种产品，包括成品、机械、原材料、模具和包装。

China is a big producer and consumer of ice cream. Though the COVID-19 pandemic brought some impacts on the ice cream industry, it has stimulated related companies to innovate products and change their sales patterns, said Zhang Jiukui, president of China Association of Bakery and Confectionery Industry.

“中国是冰淇淋的生产和消费大国。虽然新冠肺炎疫情给冰淇淋行业带来了一些影响，但它刺激了相关企业创新产品，改变销售模式。”中国烘焙糖果行业协会会长张九奎表示。

With the optimized industrial layout, the ice cream industry enjoys a good momentum of development, Zhang said.

张九奎表示，随着产业布局的优化，冰淇淋行业发展势头良好。

According to Zhang, in the first half of 2021, the total output of 127 enterprises above the designated size in the frozen drinks industry reached about 1.35 million tonnes, up 0.46 percent year on year, with the main business income of about 16.96 billion yuan (about 2.63 billion U.S. dollars), up 10.96 percent from the same period last year.

张九奎表示,2021年上半年,127家规模以上冷冻饮料企业的总产量达到135万吨左右,同比增长0.46%,与主营业务收入约169.6亿元(约26.3亿美元),较去年同期增长10.96%。

Our company designed hundreds of creative molds and ice cream products with Chinese traditional elements, such as ice cream shaped into the famous Terracotta Warriors and buildings featuring Chinese culture, to name a few, said Han Jun, CEO of Nicole Mold, a China's silicone mold manufacturing producer.

“我们公司设计了数百种具有中国传统元素的创意模具和冰淇淋产品，比如将冰淇淋形状塑造成著名的兵马俑和具有中国文化特色的建筑，等等。”中国硅胶模具制造商Nicole Mold的首席执行官韩军说。

The company's sales saw robust growth in the first nine months this year, nearly doubled the total sales of last year, according to Han.

韩军表示，今年前9个月，该公司销售额强劲增长，几乎是去年总销售额的两倍。