On December 8, 2010, the Sixth Economic and Technological Cooperation Consultation between the Pearl River Delta Region and the Mountainous Areas and the East and West Wings (hereinafter referred to as the "Mountain Cooperation Conference") was opened in Shantou City. Taking advantage of the opportunity of the "Mountain Cooperation Conference", the "Shantou Industrial Boutique Exhibition" was held concurrently at the Shantou Times Square from December 8 to 11. At the opening ceremony in the morning of December 8, Wang Yang, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee, Huang Huahua, Deputy Secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee and Governor, Zhu Xiaodan, member of the Standing Committee of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee and Executive Vice Governor, and other provincial and municipal leaders and guests visited and inspected the exhibition area of Runke Company.
As a key recommended enterprise in the biomedicine exhibition area, Secretary Wang Yang, Governor Huang Huahua, and other leaders and guests stopped to listen to the company's development and product introductions. Runke, established in 2000, is one of the national quality standard drafting units. It is the "first in China and second in the world" to use biotechnology to cultivate marine microalgae rich in DHA and extract and produce vegetable DHA, with internationally advanced and domestically pioneering technology. At the same time, it has successfully broken through the use of biotechnology to produce ARA. It holds a number of invention patents and application patents.
The design theme of this industrial boutique exhibition is "transforming the mode, adjusting the structure, and promoting the transformation and upgrading of Shantou's industry". It showcases 68 key enterprises and their famous and high-quality products in six major industries in Shantou, including industrial design and software, new materials and new energy, equipment manufacturing, toy animation, electronic appliances, and biomedicine. The exhibits are all high-tech, high value-added, and self-branded boutique products. Among them, there are 9 enterprises in the biomedicine exhibition area, and Runke is the key recommended enterprise in the biomedicine exhibition area, displaying high-purity DHA, ARA powder, oil, and the algae oil DHA edible oil that will be popularized soon.