| Day 1, Thursday, September 26th | Fly from Beijing/Paris at 12:30 – 19:25 or take an early flight from Shanghai/Paris at 00:15 – 06:30. Take the 12:30 flight to Paris. Upon arrival, be picked up and checked into the hotel. If necessary, arrange a Chinese lunch after the pick – up. |
| Day 2, Friday, September 27th | Paris – 330km, 4h – Rennes. Morning: French Institute of Animal Husbandry. The French Institute of Animal Husbandry provides technical and innovative solutions for French cattle, sheep, goat, and horse breeders as well as relevant government departments, and coordinates the resources and capabilities of related industries. Afternoon: Cattle Feed Nutrition Company. |
| Day 3, Saturday, September 28th | Paris. Weekend: Conduct an inspection of the beef consumption market. |
| Day 4, Sunday, September 29th | Paris – 330km, 4h – Rennes. Travel to Rennes by car. Rennes: The second – largest city in northwestern France, the capital of the Brittany region, and known as the most livable city in France. |
| Day 5, Monday, September 30th | Rennes – Brittany – Rennes – Tours, 259km, 3h. Visit the Brittany Chamber of Commerce, visit the farmers’ cooperative beef cattle ranch, inspect the feed enterprise, and inspect the slaughterhouse (to be determined). In the evening, travel to Tours by car. Tours is the most beautiful city during the French Renaissance, known as the French Garden. A large number of castles in the city have become world heritage sites. |
| Day 6, Tuesday, October 1st | Tours – Clermont – Ferrand, 340km, 3.5h. Travel to Clermont – Ferrand by car. Business activities: French Meat Exhibition Group, Clermont – Ferrand Farmers’ Association. The organizing committee arranges pre – exhibition visits to meat enterprises, farms, and slaughterhouses. Check into Clermont – Ferrand. |
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Day 7, Wednesday, October 2nd: Day 8, Thursday, October 3rd, 2024 |
Clermont – Ferrand. The French International Animal Husbandry Summit. The Célimont cattle (beef cattle) national competition, with 400 cattle participating, and a breeding cattle auction is also held simultaneously; the International Montbéliarde cattle competition (with 140 livestock participating); Brown Swiss (dairy cattle), with 150 dairy cows participating, and an auction is held during the same period; livestock competitions for Charolais cattle, Marchigiana cattle, Limousin cattle, French Sarladaise beef cattle, Holstein cattle, Brown Swiss, Norman cattle, Simmental cattle, Île – de – France sheep, Texel sheep, Aubrac cattle, Percheron horse, and Ardennes horse. |
| Day 9, Friday, October 4th | Clermont – Ferrand – 360km, 3.5h – Fontainebleau – 66km, 1h – Paris. Travel to Paris by car, passing by and visiting the Palace of Fontainebleau. |
