Popular items like strawberries and cherries were eagerly snapped up and sold out very soon after hitting the shelves.

草莓和樱桃等受欢迎的商品在上架后很快就被抢购一空。

During previous CIIEs, China Eastern had purchased some $100 million worth of cherries from Chile, and the carrier's quick supply chain and high transportation efficiency boosted the popularity of the product in China, Cheng said.

程说，在之前的CIIE中，东航从智利购买了价值约1亿美元的樱桃，该航空公司快速的供应链和高运输效率提高了该产品在中国的知名度。

A cargo aircraft landed at the Weihai International Airport and passed through water jets on Thursday, marking the start of JD Airlines' "cherry flight".

周四，一架货机降落在威海国际机场，并通过喷水灭火器，标志着京东航空“樱桃航班”的开始。

The "cherry flight," operated between Weihai and Hangzhou by JD Logistics-affiliated airline, is expected to transport 20 tons of products every day.

京东物流旗下航空公司运营的“樱桃航班”往返威海和杭州，预计每天运输20吨产品。

The cherries will arrive in Hangzhou within two hours, establishing a 24-hour transport industry chain covering e-commerce purchase, air transportation and home delivery.

樱桃将在两小时内抵达杭州，建立起涵盖电商采购、航空运输和送货上门的24小时运输产业链。

Wendeng district of Weihai city, where the Weihai International Airport located, is one of the major cherry planting regions in Shandong province.

威海国际机场所在地威海市文登区是山东省樱桃主产区之一。

xa0Besides cherries, Wendeng also has agricultural products with local characteristics, such as peanuts, apples, and grapes.

除了樱桃，文登还有花生、苹果、葡萄等具有当地特色的农产品。

Eastern Air Logistics launched chartered cargo flights in 2013 by shipping cherries from Chile to China.

2013年，东方航空物流公司推出了从智利到中国的樱桃包机。

Cherry blossom-flavored latte coffee is the recent seasonal innovation from Nestle China — one of the 200 newly created products on the agenda for the booming consumer market in China this year.

樱花味拿铁咖啡是雀巢中国最近推出的季节性创新产品，是今年中国消费市场蓬勃发展的200种新产品之一。

- Dalian Port in Northeast China has opened a direct shipping route to import cherries from Chile.

-中国东北的大连港开通了从智利进口樱桃的直达航线。

The ship GSL Tinos, loaded with 616 TEUs of Chilean cherries, docked on Wednesday at the container terminal in Dalian after a 22-day trip.

GSL Tinos号船装载了616个标准箱的智利樱桃，经过22天的旅程，于周三停靠在大连的集装箱码头。

Of the total, 592 TEUs of cherries will be delivered directly to the wholesale markets in China.

其中592标准箱的樱桃将直接运往中国的批发市场。

Chilean cherries are increasingly favored by Chinese consumers, and the market demand continues to rise.

智利樱桃越来越受到中国消费者的青睐，市场需求持续上升。

According to Liaoning Port Co Ltd, which owns Dalian Port, Chilean cherries were mostly distributed to the Chinese market through ports such as Busan in the ROK and Shenzhen in China in the past.

据拥有大连港的辽宁港有限公司介绍，智利樱桃过去主要通过韩国釜山和中国深圳等港口分销到中国市场。

However, foreign products such as Chilean cherries and Australian lobster have become well-known products for their quality in China.

然而，智利樱桃和澳大利亚龙虾等外国产品已因其质量在中国家喻户晓。

With the latest seasonal fruits like lychees and cherries hitting the market, a number of logistics companies have launched special flights to ship the sought-after commodities in a timely manner from Guangdong province to various destinations nationwide.

随着荔枝和樱桃等最新时令水果上市，多家物流公司推出了专机，将抢手商品及时从广东省运往全国各地。

In addition, since May, the company has transported fruit such as cherries and loquats from Xi'an, Shaanxi province, Qingdao, Shandong province, and Chongqing to other cities.

此外，自5月以来，该公司已将樱桃、枇杷等水果从陕西西安、山东青岛和重庆运往其他城市。

If the fruit is not sold within the period, the proportion of cherries damaged could be as high as 50 percent, so raising transport and sales efficiency remains a major priority.

如果水果在这段时间内不出售，受损的樱桃比例可能高达50%，因此提高运输和销售效率仍然是首要任务。

They debuted as e-commerce livestreamers and sold agricultural products like corn, cherries and edible fungus.

他们以电子商务直播的身份首次亮相，销售玉米、樱桃和食用菌等农产品。

Fresh food specialist JD Fresh, an arm of e-commerce giant JD, is intensifying efforts to import Chilean cherries and other fresh produce, as a growing number of Chinese consumers are spending more on high-quality overseas goods.

随着越来越多的中国消费者在高品质海外商品上的支出增加，电子商务巨头京东旗下的生鲜专家京东生鲜正在加大进口智利樱桃和其他新鲜农产品的力度。

The company signed cooperation agreements with four top exporters in Chile for direct sourcing of high-quality Chilean cherries, which are among the most popular imported products among Chinese consumers.

该公司与智利四大出口商签署了直接采购优质智利樱桃的合作协议，这些樱桃是最受中国消费者欢迎的进口产品之一。

China is the world's largest export market for Chilean cherries.

中国是世界上最大的智利樱桃出口市场。

About 92 percent of exported Chilean cherries land in China, said Luis Schmidt Montes, Chile's ambassador to China.

智利驻华大使路易斯·施密特·蒙特斯表示，约92%的智利出口樱桃产自中国。

The online space offers about 30 Chilean brands across categories like wine, salmon, olive oil, honey, fruit puree, seafood products and fresh fruit like cherries.

该在线空间提供约30个智利品牌，涵盖葡萄酒、三文鱼、橄榄油、蜂蜜、果泥、海鲜产品和樱桃等新鲜水果。

JD Fresh said it will directly procure more than 1.8 million 5-kilogram boxes of cherries from Chile by the end of 2022.

京东生鲜表示，到2022年底，将直接从智利采购180多万盒5公斤重的樱桃。

By the end of November, the transaction volume for cherries on JD soared by 200 percent year-on-year.

截至11月底，京东上的樱桃交易量同比飙升200%。

JD Fresh's cherry sales reached nearly 500 million yuan in the 2020 season.

京东生鲜在2020年的樱桃季销售额达到近5亿元。

"We will continue to focus on overseas direct sourcing and the upstream supply chain to bring premium fresh products like cherries from Chile, durian and black tiger shrimp from Thailand and salmon from Norway to Chinese consumers," said Zhou Xiaozhou, general manager of the fruit and vegetable procurement division at JD Fresh.

京东生鲜果蔬采购部总经理周晓洲表示：“我们将继续专注于海外直采和上游供应链，将智利的樱桃、泰国的榴莲和黑虎虾以及挪威的三文鱼等优质生鲜产品带给中国消费者。”。

JD has implemented several measures on specifications, net weight and packaging to strictly guarantee the quality of imported cherries.

京东在规格、净重和包装上实施了多项措施，严格保证进口樱桃的质量。

In addition to having a QR code for tracking, each batch of cherries can only be admitted to the JD warehouse on the condition of having a COVID-19 nucleic acid testing report, inspection and quarantine certificate for entry goods, and a sanitization report.

每批樱桃除了要有二维码进行追踪外，还需要有新冠肺炎核酸检测报告、入境商品检验检疫证明和卫生处理报告才能进入京东仓库。

The carrier has an extensive buying list that includes products like South American cherries, vehicles from Europe and aircraft equipment maintenance services.

该航空公司有一个广泛的采购清单，包括南美樱桃、欧洲车辆和飞机设备维护服务等产品。

The company unveiled its Yoom cocktail tomato and sweet dimple cherry tomato in Shanghai last week, in a bid to bring consumers new flavor experiences.

But the ripe coffee cherries couldn't wait.

"We handpicked over 10 metric tons of coffee cherries day and night, as much as we could," he recalled.

Since then, it has transported fresh Canadian lobsters and Chilean cherries to China more than 10 times.

Soon, SF will launch stable freight routes, shifting from temporary charters to fixed ones specifically to transport lobsters and cherries to China.

Ferrero also launched the CIIE Mon Cheri, a combination of crunchy dark chocolate, juicy cherry and liqueur first introduced in Europe in 1956.

For instance, it sells over 80 percent of the total sold in China of 100-day cereal-fed chilled beef imported from Australia; and it sells only those imported cherries with fruit diameter above 28 millimeters and strawberries that have passed 94 pesticide residue testing processes, according to the company.

The unit unveiled standards, including products classification and packaging specifications for its fresh food such as crawfish, apple, cherry, blueberry and crabs, so as to enhance the added-value of products and reduce costs.

"Cherry Huang, general manager of Alipay's cross-border business for South and Southeast Asia, said Alipay aims to enable the smart lifestyle for Chinese consumers and to bring the convenience that they enjoy at home to overseas countries they travel to.

It has also affected shipments of fresh produce including cherries, lychees and mangos, the bureau said.

Imported food has increasingly become a feature on Chinese dining tables, and in addition to milk from New Zealand, coconuts from Thailand, cherries from Chile, red wine from France and pine nuts from Afghanistan are in demand.

Wang Jianjun, general manager of Shanghai Wonong Import &Export Co Ltd, told Yicai that durians have topped cherries in import volume, as the company imported about 40,000 containers of durians last year.

The event, which kicked off on March 20 and was held concurrently with the annual Wuxi International Cherry Blossom Festival at Yuantouzhu Scenic Area, was hailed as a great success.

Visitors and tourists from home and abroad flocked to the city to admire the cherry blossoms of spring while feeling the pulse of Wuxi's opening and development.

Our friendship will surely flourish like the cherry blossoms in Wuxi.

"Bruno Jans, the Belgian consul-general in Shanghai, said the international month and cherry blossom festival connect Wuxi to the world and create opportunities for business cooperation.

Chilean cherries, Norwegian salmon, New Zealand milk, French red wine and eye shadow and moisturizer from Japan arrive in fine shape at her door in just a few days.

Over the years, with the collaboration of the local government, enterprises, and cooperatives, a variety of distinctive crops have been growing in Shichao, including Chinese Torreya, honeysuckle, peppers, and cherries, significantly increasing the income of locals.

In late 2017, he transported more than 500 cherry trees from the city of Dalian, Northeast China's Liaoning province, to Shichao and has since built 10 greenhouses and grown nearly 20,000 cherry trees.

The temperature, humidity, and light control system in the greenhouses has helped cherry trees grow in Shichao, which is otherwise not warm enough and cannot provide sufficient sun exposure for the plant.

"Over five years, our farm has produced nearly 10,000 kg of cherries, yet still not enough to meet the local demand," Tian said.

Since 2019, China has imported more fresh durian than cherries in quantity, cementing its place as the king of imported fruit for China.

Last year, fresh fruits in the order of import volume were durian, cherries, bananas, mangosteens and grapes.

To ring in the Chinese New Year (of the tiger), and to lift my spirits from the long shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic, I used apps to buy Chilean cherries, Norwegian salmon, New Zealand milk and French red wine.

Yu, founder of private tutoring giant New Oriental Education & Technology, and his colleagues debuted as e-commerce livestreamers and sold－wait for it－farm products like corn, cherries and edible fungus.

I was surprised to find that this particular brand of coffee, among the coffees known for smoothness because the coffee cherries are partially digested by the Asian palm civet, was from East Timor, one of the world's least developed countries.

The fate of imported cherries in China is like riding a rollercoaster.

People are mesmerized by the idea of savoring the juicy yet pricey fruit, which has led to the coining of the term "cherry freedom" to gauge wealth levels.

Now, reports that some imported cherries tested positive for traces of the coronavirus in Wuxi, Jiangsu province, have swiftly sent shock waves across Chinese social media, deterring customers and hurting cherry prices.

The fact that cherries have since tested negative for coronavirus contamination has led more customers to purchase fruit at lower prices.

Freshippo, the online-to-offline chain store, said cherry sales doubled on Wednesday alone compared with "conventional levels".

Sought-after items include the JJ-level Chilean cherry, typically used to describe fruits with a diameter of 28 to 30 millimeters.

And Chile has added 30 percent to its cherry volume this year.

In addition, Zeng said the company is looking to promote even more premium categories of cherries, namely JJJ and JJJJ levels (indicating bigger fruits) in gift combos, as Chinese trade up their purchases.

From 2017 to 2019, China's total imports of cherries increased from $771.26 million to $1.4 billion, according to a study published in September by consultancy Research and Markets.

Although affected by COVID-19 in early 2020, the import volume of cherries still surged 28.4 percent year-on-year, the report said.

According to estimates from the Chilean Cherry Committee, in the 2020-21 season Chile will export 316,000 tons of fresh cherries globally, a 38 percent increase year-on-year.

As imported fruits arrive at ports, customs authorities select and examine certain batches of the imported cherries and allow the comprehensive entry of the produce after its disinfection and sterilization, according to a statement by the Shanghai Customs quoted by Jiefang Daily.

"With a quick rebound in sales, the price for imported cherries is likely to bounce back very soon," said Chen Yanghui, who procures fruits at Freshippo.

BUENOS AIRES - China's economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic has benefited the production and export of cherries in Argentina, which has seen a 33 percent increase in shipments to the Asian country, according to the Argentine Chamber of Integrated Cherry Producers (CAPCI).

Among the factors that have prompted the South American country to record a rebound in its foreign sales are the opening of the Chinese market, Argentina's off-season harvest and the recognition by Chinese health authorities of the Argentine cherry producing region as pest free area for fruit flies, said CAPCI's Executive Manager Anibal Caminiti on Thursday in an interview with Xinhua.

"The opening of the Chinese market has been very important for Argentine cherries," Caminiti said, adding that shipments to China in the latest season have amounted to 2,742 tons as of Sunday.

The first shipment of cherries from Argentina to China was delivered by sea in January 2019, followed by a second batch transported by air in the same month.

Regarding the handling of shipments amid the pandemic, Caminiti said, "there is a guarantee validated by Chinese authorities of the procedure for our cherries to properly reach the market.

"In April 2020, China recognized the absence of the fruit flies in the Argentine cherry region.

According to the chamber manager, Argentine cherry has a long export season since the country has "a very extended supply that goes from the end of October to the end of February, which allows us to position ourselves in the markets with an early and a late fruit.

"Thanks to soil and climate conditions in Patagonia, quality of cherries produced there are guaranteed, making "the Argentine supply at the same level of fruit from Australia or New Zealand," he said.

About 35 percent of the total production of the Argentine cherry is destined for China, according to CAPCI data, while other destinations include North America, Europe, the Middle East, South America and Africa.

On Wednesday morning, the vessel Bach arrived at Tianjin Port, hauling over 2,500 tons of Chilean cherries.

The arrival marked the first successful voyage of the Chile-Tianjin cherries express line, the first such route for bringing South American cherries to China.

Following the route's launch, the average logistics and distribution time for each cherry container has been reduced by 30 hours, resulting in a 30 percent decrease in overall logistics costs, as reported by Tianjin Port.

This month, Tianjin Port anticipates the arrival of two shipments containing more than 5,800 tons of Chilean cherries and seasonal South American specialty products, which will be available in the northern region.

Young shoppers are more inclined to place orders while watching livestreaming sessions, which boost sales of agricultural products like oranges, cherries, tea, seasoned duck and nut gift boxes, Taobao said.

That includes strawberries, cherries, sweet apricots, grapes, peaches, nectarines, pears, kiwi fruits, jujubes, apples and persimmons.

Besides green vegetables, on the white plates in the plant factory grow other plants, such as cherry tomatoes, pansies, and strawberries, throughout the 30,000 square-meter intelligent greenhouses.

Shunyi district, one of the main cherry producing areas in Beijing, has invested 72 million yuan ($10 million) in the past three years and established about a 1,000 acresxa0(404.69 hectare) of cherry greenhouse facilities, forming a modern and efficient agricultural cluster and benefiting thousands of farmers.

Currently, it is the season when cherries are just in the midst of harvest and ready for market.

As the main cherry producing areas in Beijing, major cherry orchards in Shunyi are experiencing a hot picking season.

The number of tourists picking cherries in one of the major picking orchards can reach up to 400 or so per day during peak periods such as weekends.

Due to the favorable weather condition, the cherry picking period may be extended to mid-June this year.

In order to promote the development of the cherry industry, Shunyi district has built a cherry industry belt along the five towns of Qianshan and key cherry production areas.

In addition, the district has introduced more than 30 high-quality cherry varieties in recent years, and promoted over 10 advanced new achievements and technologies.

Shunyi's cherry has won the golden and first prize in cherry ratings both in Beijing and nationwide for many years, which aim to showcase the development achievements of China's cherry industry and promote the exchange and the product quality of cherry.

On May 22, the 9th International Cherry Conference, crowned as the "Olympic Games" of the world's cherry industry, was held in Shunyi district.

Currently, the cherry planting area in Shunyi district has reached 7,500 acres, including 5,500 acres of fruiting area, with an annual output of over 1.5 million kilograms and an output value of over 60 million yuan.

Li Jiuren, a researcher at Shunyi Forestry and Parks Bureau, said the cherry industry has become one of the leading sectors in Shunyi fruit trees, and with the increasing enthusiasm of the local people for planting, the cherry planting area now ranks the third in the city.

Currently, the average output value of cherries per acre in Beijing is 7,318 yuan, while the output value of cherries per acre in Shunyi has already exceeded 10,000 yuan.

She had over 30 chrysanthemum varieties — such as white fan chrysanthemum and olive green — planted successfully, and also introduced foreign breeds such as Hokkaido lavender and cherry blossom.

At present, there is a wide variety of high-value, precious flowers planted at the base, including over 5 million cherry blossoms and over 200,000 Annabelle hydrangea bulbs.