The expo has made many Dole products, such as Sweetio pineapples, Brazilian melons, and Filipino avocados, a hit with Chinese consumers.

世博会使许多多尔产品，如甜菠萝、巴西瓜和菲律宾鳄梨，受到中国消费者的欢迎。

"New products, including fresh cut fruits and Brazilian melons showcased at the third CIIE last year reached many domestic customers through the expo, which is a valuable opportunity for product testing before mass production," she said.

NANNING — Recently, a container ship loaded with shrimp slices, melons and aquatic products departed from the seaport of Muara in Brunei to Qinzhou Port in South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, with the cargo to be delivered by rail later to Southwest China for sale.

With the help of the platform, the Uzbek trade company imported Uzbekistan sweet melons, including the famous large Mirza melon which weighs up to 15 kilograms, to China and sell in local markets in Shanghai this month.

Salimov Behzod, general manager of Salico Trading, said the melons will be exhibited in the upcoming CIIE in November, and the company wants to not only exhibit the melons, but also bring them from farms in Uzbekistan to the tables of Chinese families.

"The platform provides a good channel for us to reach local distributors," he said while presenting a baskets of huge melons at the launch of the platform.

"According to Li, new developments in technology have enabled increased melon yields, as well as more ways to sell them.

You can peel it and eat it upon twisting the melon off the vine.

Many items, including blue lobster from France, cube-shaped water melon and pasteurized milk under its private brand, sold out on Sunday, said Chen Zhiyu, deputy CEO of Metro Commerce Group, which is now part of Beijing-based Wumart Group.

As of Saturday, Lanzhou customs have handled eight batches of seeds weighing 34 kg, including chili, zucchini, tomato and melon seeds.

Peanuts, melon seeds and bottled congee! "

"The best-selling snack was melon seeds, which were cheap and took a long time to finish.

"Now Starbucks coffee and Haagen-Dazs ice cream sold on high-speed trains are also welcomed by passengers, though their prices are much higher than traditional snacks like melon seeds," Yang said.

Over weekends at home, she gorges on packaged peanuts, melon seeds and almonds while watching operas or reading books.

"Xinjiang, which is known for its high-quality apples, pears, grapes, jujubes, Hami melons and related fruits and agricultural products, needs to strengthen its cooperation with companies from outside the region to further promote sales at home and abroad," Gao said.

"We just had sweeter-than-normal Hami melons from Xinjiang, organic vegetables from Shandong, and tropical fruit from Guangxi," said Huang Xinyi, a 27-year old who joined her family reunion in Anhui about their brunch menus.

Farmers from Woy-mok village in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region are using e-commerce to expand their market of selling organic Chinese Hami melon.

About 50 families now sell their melons online and have been receiving help from an e-commerce service center set up by the local government.

Sweeter than ordinary Hami melon, their products are welcomed by consumers from domestic and abroad.

"Many tourists have little access to fresh and high-quality Hami melons, and they immediately love our products compared with what they normally eat," said Wei Fuxin, a Hami melon seller at Woymok.

"Since several visitors wanted us to ship the Hami melons to their families and friends, we came up with the idea of setting up an e-commerce service center which has been operating well," said Liu Jun, the village's Party secretary.