Abstract: The quality and safety of edible agricultural products is the basis of food safety. Mainly relying on imports, edible agricultural products in Hong Kong are distributed through wholesale markets or order direct sales, characterized by taking legal system establishment as the first priority, strong regulatory execution, brand construction via governmental strength, scientific and effective regulation measures, and laying stress on public welfares. This paper presents a comparison of edible agricultural products supply regulation in Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland. On this basis, some suggestions for improving the edible agricultural products supply regulation system in the Mainland, especially megacities, such as improving the legal system concerning edible agricultural products, developing an innovative collaborative supervision system, promoting brand construction of edible agricultural products, and constructing a long-term supervision mechanism are proposed.

Key words: Hong Kong, China, edible agricultural products, supply, regulation, megacities