China (Hefei) Nuts and Dried Fruit Food Exhibition

Since 2006, the China Nut & Dried Fruit Expo (CNE) has grown from scratch to become a major industry event, not only contributing significantly to the sector but also serving as a testament to the evolution of China’s nut and dried fruit industry. Indeed, the expo’s development mirrors and encapsulates the broader trajectory of this dynamic industry.

This year’s edition features a completely redesigned layout with eight pavilions and over 20 themed exhibition zones, spotlighting cutting-edge innovations such as “Nut+” cross‑industry integrations, smart manufacturing, energy efficiency, and sustainable packaging—stimulating new growth drivers and setting the stage for emerging consumer trends.

Through a series of high‑profile events—including product analysis and market outlook conferences on nuts, seeds, and dried fruit raw materials (including seed‑related industries), elite entrepreneur forums, dialogues on global nut processing and market trends in China, and tailored matchmaking sessions between local governments and regional industry leaders—the expo disseminates industry standards and authoritative data, ensuring timely access to the latest industry insights. These initiatives foster deep exchanges and collaborations on technology, standards, and business models, unlocking boundless opportunities for international brands seeking to enter the Chinese market and empowering domestic enterprises and national brands to expand globally, thereby jointly driving the high‑quality, sustainable development of the global nut and dried fruit sector.

Showcasing the world’s finest nuts and sharing the benefits of win‑win cooperation, this year’s expo is built on a comprehensive, end‑to‑end industry chain, precise supply‑demand matching, and an internationally oriented platform. The China Nut & Dried Fruit Expo (CNE) stands in close partnership with domestic and international stakeholders, leveraging its role as a multifaceted industry showcase to support the continued high‑quality, knowledge‑driven advancement of China’s nut and dried fruit sector. In doing so, it reaffirms its commitment to the mission of making healthy nuts accessible to people worldwide and delivering tangible benefits to society, while striving to make an even greater impact.

Let us join forces to seize the immense opportunities presented by the rising trend of health‑conscious consumption and co‑create a brighter future for the nut and dried fruit industry. The China Nut & Dried Fruit Expo (CNE) is the premier global gathering for the sector—a unique platform that combines product exhibitions, large‑scale sourcing, trade negotiations, information exchange, and industrial‑chain connectivity, all designed to enhance corporate brand visibility and open new markets both domestically and internationally.

China (Hefei) Nuts and Dried Fruit Food Exhibition tickets are e-tickets. Mainland China visitors must complete online pre-registration with real-name ID verification; overseas visitors must use passport verification; Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan visitors must use their travel permit. On site, verify entry with your ID card or by scanning the e-ticket QR code.

The Exhibition Value of the Hefei Nut Expo

• The China (Hefei) Nut and Dried Fruit Food Exhibition is the world’s largest, most attended, highest‑turnover, and most influential specialized trade show for the nut and dried fruit industry. Since its inception in 2006, it has been successfully held for eighteen editions and is widely recognized by the industry as a global benchmark for the nut and dried fruit sector and a central hub for the Asian nut market. Organized by the China Nut and Dried Fruit Food Exhibition Organizing Committee, the event takes place annually at the Hefei Binhu International Convention and Exhibition Center. Over eighteen years, it has evolved from an 8,000‑square‑meter showcase into a 110,000‑square‑meter integrated innovation platform spanning the entire industry chain, becoming a strategic venue for connecting global nut and dried fruit supply‑chain resources, showcasing cutting‑edge technological advances, and guiding industry development trends.
• The core value of participation lies in its platform‑based coverage of the entire industry chain and its highly concentrated pool of global buyers. The 2025 eighteenth edition will span over 150,000 square meters, with a product exhibition area of 120,000 square meters, comprising eight major pavilions and twenty thematic zones. It will bring together nearly 2,000 exhibitors from around the world, showcasing more than 10,000 products, and attract over 100,000 domestic and international suppliers and buyers to the venue, ensuring precise procurement matchmaking. Exhibitors cover the full spectrum of the industry—from raw material cultivation and processing equipment to packaging materials and finished‑product sales. Industry leaders such as Three Squirrels, Qiaqia Food, and Bestore have participated year after year, while producer delegations like the Bai Gua Seed Association of Baoqing County, Heilongjiang, make collective appearances. Qiaqia Food has achieved remarkable results in whole‑chain integration and intelligent transformation, having established 1 million mu of raw‑material cultivation bases and 11 wholly owned factories worldwide.
• The exhibition has established an international platform that connects to global markets, with its level of internationalization continuously rising. In 2025, a dedicated international zone will be set up, where exhibitors from nearly 20 countries will jointly present international reports on the development status, advantageous production regions, supply‑demand dynamics, and emerging trends in the global nut and dried fruit industries, thereby advancing the sector’s internationalization. With exhibitors from over 30 countries gathering under one roof, the scale of the event will reach a new historical high, paving the way for China’s nut and dried fruit industry to align with international standards and creating favorable conditions and an enabling environment for expanding into overseas markets.
• Keeping pace with three major industry trends—digital and intelligent empowerment, full‑chain collaboration, and quality and safety—the exhibition has built a technology‑driven hub fostering deep integration among industry, academia, research, and application. Qiaqia Food has achieved end‑to‑end intelligent automation across processes ranging from air‑sorting and boiling to roasting and packaging, ensuring consistent product quality. Concurrent with the exhibition, numerous specialized forums are held, covering everything from seed breeding, raw materials, auxiliary supplies, and processing equipment to market analysis and forecasting, as well as omni‑channel marketing strategies—making these forums an integral part of the event and a key highlight. A newly added seminar on food quality and safety risk prevention, along with a training session on interpreting GB 5009.34‑2022 and enhancing testing techniques, brought together over 70 authoritative testing institutions and industry representatives. Leading companies such as Qiaqia and Three Squirrels shared their experiences in managing sulfur dioxide levels throughout the entire supply chain, driving the industry toward higher‑quality development.
• The exhibition innovatively establishes on‑site sourcing‑supply matching zones and diverse themed exhibition areas, creating an efficient platform for precise connections between buyers and suppliers. At the 2025 edition, the Snack Seasonal Gift Pavilion makes its debut, highlighting nuts, dried fruits, and seasonal foods across the entire industry chain, encompassing items such as seasonal delicacies tied to the Twenty‑Four Solar Terms, four‑season teas, coffee beverages, baked and puffed snacks, candies and chocolates, and gift boxes. The organizing committee has specially invited supermarket chains and bulk snack retailers—including Sam’s Club, RT-Mart, Walmart, FamilyMart, Mingming Very Busy, Love Discount Snacks, and Meiyijia—to participate in sourcing‑supply matchmaking events, providing a precise platform for on‑site order placement between buyers and suppliers.
• For Chinese enterprises, this exhibition serves as a strategic gateway for opening up global markets, connecting with international resources, and showcasing innovative capabilities. Over the past eighteen years, the cumulative exhibition space has reached 457,000 square meters, attracting 583,000 professional visitors, bringing together 6,328 exhibitors from around the world, displaying and selling more than 100,000 products, and generating a total transaction value of RMB 3.5 billion. In 2025, the three‑day event drew 237,000 visitors, a 58% increase, and recorded RMB 1.96 billion in transactions, up 35.17%. Participating companies can leverage this platform to connect with core global purchasing networks, seizing early opportunities in the intelligent, branded, and globally oriented transformation of the nut and dried fruit industry.

Notable exhibitors

• Nuts, Fried Snacks, and Leisure Food Brands:Qiaqia Food, Three Squirrels, Bestore, Laiyifen, Baicaowei, Yao Shengji, California Wild, Koushuiwa Food, Xudong Food, Huichangxiang Food, Haodong Food, Huatang Food, Xianmei Yangguang, Tara Hongyan, Jiufeng Food
• Regional Exhibitor Groups and Raw Material Suppliers:Heilongjiang Baoqing County White Melon Seed Business Association (15 member enterprises), Xinjiang Nut Production Region Pavilion, Yunnan Walnut Production Region Pavilion, Enterprises from Anhui’s Fried Snack Industry Belt
• International Exhibitors:Nut and Dried Fruit Companies from Nearly 20 Countries Worldwide (including suppliers from Turkish hazelnut, California almond, Chilean walnut, Australian macadamia, Vietnamese cashew, and other producing regions)
• Equipment and Technology Providers:Meiya Optoelectronics (Color Sorting Equipment), Zhongke Optoelectronics (Intelligent Sorting Equipment), Jialong Technology (Automated Packaging Equipment)
• Buyers and Distribution Platforms:Sam’s Club, RT-Mart, Walmart, FamilyMart, Mingming Henbang, Ai Zhekou Snacks, Meiyijia
• Testing and Certification Bodies:National Center for Quality Inspection and Testing of Processed Foods (Fuzhou), Anhui Provincial Institute for Food and Drug Inspection, Nanjing Municipal Institute for Product Quality Supervision and Inspection, Shaanxi Provincial Institute for Product Quality Supervision and Inspection, National Light Industry Food Quality Supervision and Testing Station in Chengdu