Xia Hongliang is the president of Chongqing Time-honored Brand Association and the chairman of Chongqing Qiaotou Hot Pot Catering Service Co., Ltd.
More than 100 years of painstaking operation has made Qiaotou hot pot the first among thousands of hot pot restaurants in Chongqing. In 1994, it was named the first “China Time-honored Brand” in Chongqing’s catering industry by the Ministry of Domestic Trade of the People’s Republic of China. After the establishment of Chongqing as a municipality directly under the central government, the “99 Chongqing Food and Culture Festival” jointly organized by the Domestic Trade Bureau and the Chongqing Municipal Commission of Commerce. In the evaluation, Qiaotou hot pot once again topped the list. In 2000, it was named “Chinese Famous Dish”, “Gold Medal of the First China Food Festival” and “Chongqing Famous Trademark” by the State Trade Bureau. Nowadays, Qiaotou hot pot has become a veritable “Chinese cuisine”.
Qiaotou hot pot chain as a Chinese time-honored brand hot pot annual sales of more than 10 million yuan, and in Nanjing, Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Henan, Kunming, Taiyuan and other places have opened Chongqing Qiaotou hot pot restaurant chain, October 7, 1996, the State Council leader (Li Peng) led the relevant personnel of the country’s 18 ministries and commissions, personally tasted Qiaotou hot pot, Vice Premier Tian Jiyun, Director Yang Baibing, Minister of Commerce Hu Ping, Zhang Shiyao and other central leaders and Chen Qiang, Ge Cunzhuang, Chen Peisi, Zhu Shimao, Nie Weiping , Ma Xiaochun, Cao Dayuan and other celebrities and friends from the five continents have left praises.
In the good sentence of “Qiaotou hot pot”, Ms. Han Suyin, a famous British Chinese, personally mentioned the name of Qiaotou hot pot as “the first pot in the world”, and has the reputation of “eating in Chongqing, tasting in Qiaotou”.
“The pot turned up two rivers of water, the furnace was burned into red roses, the dragon and phoenix were sunrise and the clouds were in the clouds, and the guests were drunk before they lifted the basket.” Qiaotou hot pot warmly welcomes the presence of friends and guests from all walks of life.