More Western food being made at home

Just one decade ago, Chinese consumers were stocking imported food and formula milk powders amid the country's incessant food-safety issues. However, the past decade has also witnessed a growing number of premium Western food producers from both China and abroad locating their manufacturing bases in the country, and labeling their pricey products "Made in China", in an attempt to feed the increasing appetite for a taste of luxury.

Foie gras

French group Euralis, which produces nearly a quarter of the foie gras consumed in France, first entered the Chinese mainland in 2007, setting up a farm in Beijing. Late in 2012, the farm was destroyed in a snowstorm. In 2014, the company announced a new plan to rebuild a rearing farm together with a processing plant and commercial structure in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, at a cost of 15 million euros ($18.4 million).