On September 22, journalists learned from Yichang Municipal Bureau of Commerce that the 4th China Yangtze Three Gorges International Tourism Festival-Food and Shopping Season successfully concluded, reaching total sales of 150 million RMB only in five days.

　　It is introduced that the “Food and Shopping Season”, began on September 16 and ended on September 20, had 4 major activities: a large scale exhibition for famous and high-quality agricultural and sideline products from the Three Gorges Area, the Food Festival with speciality products from the Three Gorges Area, group exhibition and joint sales of the famous and high-quality commodities from the Three Gorges Area, the first German Beer Festival in Yichang. Among them, the total sales of famous and high-quality agricultural and sideline products from the Three Gorges Area reached 2.8 million RMB. The local brand products like " Yuanyefeng " and "Tulaohan" had a good sell. The green agricultural products, such as  "Hubei Duck" from Jingmen and “Qiaobaren” from Enshi were also favored by citizens. During the Food Festival of speciality product from the Three Gorges Area, the sales at hotels above three-star in Yichang amounted to 12.6 million RMB. Among the group exhibition and joint sales from the Three Gorges Area, the total sales of more than 20 large enterprises, such as International Trade Building, Ocean Department Store, Times Square, totaled 136 million RMB. The first German Beer Festival in Yichang had been flooded with people for 4 days. The total sales of the 4 major activities are about 150 million RMB. (Reporter: Zhang Bokang, Correspondent: Deng Tengfei )