The World Bank is hosting a webinar on 8 June, to discuss China’s digital response to the food safety challenges the nation faces. Food safety risks in China can have a significant global impact both on the safety of China’s food exports and on global trust in China’s food industry. The COVID19 pandemic has only exacerbated such problems, “notably in processing, packaging and transporting agro-products.” This webinar will explore China’s “disruptive digital solutions for effective food safety management.” Such solutions include smart food safety supervision technologies, agrifood traceability systems, risk analytics for insurance innovations and blockchain-based ecosystems services for Small and Medium Enterprises.

The event will be chaired by Dina Umali-Deininger, Practice Manager at East Asia and Pacific region, Agriculture and Food Global Practice department at the World Bank and guests will include:

Sitaramachandra Machiraju, Senior Agribusiness Specialist, Agriculture and Food Global Practice, East Asia and Pacific Region, The World Bank

Shenwen Huang, Deputy Director General, Shenzhen Administration for Market Regulation, China

Patrik Jonasson, Director Public Policy of Asia–Pacific, GS1

Mael He, Head Agriculture, Swiss Re 

Junyi Deng, Chief Technology Officer, PingAn Bank 

Register here

Meeting ID: 917 7068 1255 
Passcode: Safefood@8   

Date and time:

8 June, 09:30 EDT (13:30 GMT)