We are pleased to invite you to attend the 8th Academic Symposium on Food Culture Production, taking place in Kunming, Yunnan, China, from 20 to 22 November 2025.

The 8th Academic Conference on Food Culture and Production is held with the objective of examining the current state of food culture innovation and its integration with the tourism industry. The conference aims to explore the synergies between food culture and cultural tourism, promote the preservation and evolution of culinary traditions, and support the high-quality development of the cultural tourism sector.

Theme:
New catering empowers social development, cultural inheritance, sustainable practice, and industrial integration.

We welcome contributions covering topics including, but not limited to, the following:

• The Concepts, Connotations, Models, and Representative Cases of New Catering;
• The Logic and Path of New Catering in Empowering the Entire Tourism Industry Chain;
• Inheritance, Revitalization, and Utilization of Food-Related Intangible Cultural Heritage; 
• Gourmet Food and Sojourning Lifestyles;
• The Integrated Development of Local Characteristic Industries and New Catering Models;
• Application of Emerging Technologies in New Catering;
• Research on the Formation and Development of Local Cuisine Branding;
• Innovative Development of Plateau-Specific Food Resources;
• Food and Regional Marketing;
• Sustainable Transformation of Urban Food Consumption Patterns;
• Food as an Independent Tourist Attraction;
• Urban Food Landscapes and Relocalization Processes;
• Sustainable practices in the catering industry.

Important dates:

• Paper submission deadline: 20 October 2025;
• Acceptance notification: 30 October 2025;
• Full paper deadline: 10 November 2025;
• Conference dates: 20–22 November 2025.

We look forward to your participation!

Guide for Authors:
To submit your paper, please click on the following link: https://yswh.scimeeting.cn.