On 3 November, Pablo Vázquez Martín, General Manager of the renowned Spanish food company Costa Food Elaborados, led a delegation to the Yuhu Cold Chain (Chengdu) Trading Centre to discuss partnership opportunities with senior representatives of Yuhu Group (Hong Kong).
The delegation was accompanied by Li Hongmei, Deputy Director of the Sichuan Provincial Centre for Agricultural International Cooperation and Exchange, and officials from the Chengdu Municipal and Qingbaijiang District Bureaus of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.
Founded in 1966, Costa Food Elaborados is a family-owned group based in Aragón, Spain, with a core focus on agri-food. It is Spain's third-largest meat distribution group and a leader in Europe's meat industry. The group generates annual revenue of €2.3 billion and employs 5,000 people. It runs more than 1,250 owned and integrated pig and poultry farms, and its business spans 100 countries and regions.
Jiang Wensheng, Director of Yuhu Group (Hong Kong) and Chairman of Yuhu Cold Chain (Sichuan), welcomed the delegation. He outlined the background and progress of the Yuhu Cold Chain Greater China Strategy, which the Group launched in 2020. Drawing on Yuhu Cold Chain's own experience of investing, building and operating locally, he focused on the investment environment in Sichuan and Chengdu. He said that Yuhu Cold Chain, as a major foreign-invested enterprise and a key anchor enterprise in Sichuan, will use its strengths to help Spanish food companies deepen food trade and cooperation with Sichuan and western China.

Huang Jian, Director of Yuhu Group (Hong Kong) and Chairman of Yusheng International Trading Co., Ltd., highlighted the Group's extensive experience and broad presence in the international food supply chain. He noted that Yuhu Group is committed to building Yuhu Cold Chain into an international food trading platform that integrates import and export trading, cold chain warehousing, and processing and distribution. He added that working with Costa Food Elaborados would help the Group advance food trade between China and companies and industries in Spain and the wider Iberian region.

Pablo Vázquez Martín and his delegation spoke highly of Yuhu Cold Chain's modern facilities, professional operations, and standardised management system. They expressed sincere admiration for Yuhu Group's strategic vision in building Yuhu Cold Chain. He also gave a detailed introduction to Costa Food Elaborados and spoke of its strong ambition to expand into Greater China.
The two sides discussed in depth how to expand channels for Spanish premium pork and meat products into the Chinese market, and how to optimise supply chains. Both parties aim to combine their respective strengths with Yuhu Cold Chain's robust platform, so that supply chains connect efficiently and each side's resources complement the other's. They reached a preliminary consensus on establishing a long-term, stable partnership.
(Correspondent: Li Huishuo)