Huai’an was invited to take part in “2019 Macon International Gastronomy Forum”, which was opened at January 21. UNESCO Creative Cities of Gastronomy from all over the world, UNESCO Creative Cities from China and cities applying for UNESCO Creative Cities had discussions around the topic of “The Pos

In order to inherit and develop Huaiyang cuisine culture, promote the featured, brand and scaled development of catering industry in Huai’an, constantly meet the needs of the general public, strive to cultivate the catering industry into an advantageous industry with local characteristics, and promote the application of City of Gastronomy, the Secretariat of the Organizing Committee of the 2nd China (Huai'an) Iinternational Food Expo has, since early February of Famous Huaiyang Cuisine Restaurants.

Huai'an noodles are well-known throughout the whole country. The toppings of Huai'an noodles are stir fried and then added to noodles for immediate consumption. Toppings are the biggest feature of Huai'an noodles.

Field snails in Tomb Sweeping Festival are always delicious. On the eve of the Festival in 2019, the second Field Snail Festival was held in Jiangba Town of Hongze District in Huai'an City, attracting more than 2600 guests.

On September 9th of 2018, the Belt and Road Symposium on the Internationalization of Huaiyang Cuisine was held in Huaian. Wu Li, president of the board of supervisors of the World Federation of Chinese Catering Industry, Li Xin, Secretary-General of the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Research Center, Dag Hartman

On June 13, the main venue of the crayfish banquet of the 19th China Xuyi International Crayfish Festival opened in the Crayfish Square of Duliang Park, where about 30,000 people shared the crayfish feast. Forty tons of crayfish supplied by 15 local businesses were sold out.