A good news from Yichang Food and Drug Administration: Yichang was awarded the “2015 China’s Top Ten Food Safety City” with a score of 86.45 in the award ceremony held in Hong Kong. It is reported that it was the second time that Yichang had won such an honor granted by China Institute of City Competitiveness (the Institute).  

Yichang took the lead in raising the concept of establishing the food safety city of a perfect food safety quality system with the most rigorous standards, the most stringent regulations, the severest punishment and the most serious accountability. In recent years, with the fundamental goal of satisfying the masses, Yichang Municipal Party Committee and Yichang Municipal Government have given first priority to the food safety among the “People\'s Livelihood Projects Top Five”, starting from the aspects of big concerns, worries and tough work and took great pains to set up the “Four Platforms”(i.e. inspection and detection, traceability supervision, grid management and credit information) and the “Six Systems”(i.e. supply, responsibility, risk monitoring and supervision, emergency and social work) by focusing on the key issues, strengthening the weak spots and surmounting difficulties. Efforts have been made to establish a food safety management system featuring overall unity, clear responsibility, efficient operation, powerful guarantee, seamless connection, and full regulations, thus ensuring the food safety to benefit every household and every individual in Yichang.  

“China’s Top Ten Food Safety City” is one of the classification lists of 2015 China\'s Classification List for Urban Advantages. A research released that the Society is the first international professional research institute which consists of the experts, scholars and hundreds of researchers from the four regions across the straits and overseas, and specializes in the study of Chinese urban competitiveness. On the basis of relevant technical standards stipulated in GN China’s Evaluation System for Food Safety City, the Society made the evaluation of 358 cities at prefecture level and above in various aspects this year, such as food regulations, food safety management, food safety technical and financial support and food safety information, education, communication and training. As a result, Yichang gained 2 spots from 2014 to the 5th place this year with a score of 86.45. (Reporter Zheng Guanghua, Correspondent Li Feng)