More than 20,000 individually packaged ready-to-cook fotiaoqiang, a traditional Chinese dish, have recently been boxed up in the coastal county of Lianjiang before departing for the United States and Canada. This is the first time that the signature meal of Juchunyuan     1    (export) to North America.

Fotiaoqiang     2    (date) back to the reign of Emperor Tongzhi (1862—1875) of the Qing Dynasty. The recipe was     3    (original) created at Juchunyuan restaurant inFuzhou, capital city of Fujian. In 2008, the recipe of Juchunyuan fotiaoqiang was listed    4    a State-level intangible cultural heritage.

The meal is prepared with ingredients from Lianjiang, processed following the standards for ready-to-cook foods,    5     distributed via a cold chain system so that    6     traditional flavor is preserved. It would have been very difficult to make and export Chinese delicacies like fotiaoqiang in large quantities, given the    7    (complex) of the traditional cooking method. The maturing of the ready-to-cook food business has presented new    8    (opportunity) for Chinese catering companies to break into overseas markets.

In June, Fujian province hosted a special event for more than 40 suppliers of ready-to cook foods     9    (connect)both online and offline with representatives of over 10 buyers from the US and Canada. In the future,ready-to-cook Chinese delicacies will speed up their global expansion,    10    (take) the country’s food culture further to the world.