The 2020 Penglai International Wine Festival begins on Sept 5 in Penglai district,Yantai, East China's Shandong province. The Wine Research Institute of the Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences (Jiaodong) was unveiled at the opening ceremony. [Photo/WeChat account: gh_5ec6eb206937]

The 2020 Penglai International Wine Festival began on Sept 5 in Penglai district,Yantai, East China's Shandong province.

The event serves as an important window for exchange and cooperation among the world's top wine producers and attracted domestic wine experts, entrepreneurs, and officials interested in exploring the development of the wine industry.

Representatives from World's Seven Grape Coasts also participated in the event via online channels to discuss the construction of industrial parks and wine-making techniques.

At the opening conference, the Wine Research Institute of the Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences (Jiaodong) was officially unveiled. It will promote the high-quality development of Penglai’s wine industry.

The wine festival, which will last until early October, will feature an industrial promotional conference, a grape picking festival, a wine and food tasting festival, a motocross race, and a tour to a chateau in Penglai.

In recent years, Penglai has been striving to enhance its international influence in wine production by promoting exchanges and cooperation with renowned wine production areas, enterprises, and institutions.

It has established relations with the International Grape and Wine Organization (OIV) and held the International Seminar of the World's Seven Grape Coasts and is now working to establish a demonstration area for the integrated development of the wine industry.

Wine in the Penglai production region has won more than 300 gold and silver awards at home and abroad, and the grape production and wine industries have become its largest industries.