The preparation for the third expo will accelerate the contracted exhibition area exceeds 60%
Xinhua News Agency, Shanghai, April 9 (Reporter Zhou Rui) China International Import Expo Bureau introduced on the 9th that the preparation for the third import expo ran out of "acceleration", and the contracted exhibition area of the enterprise commercial exhibition exceeded 60% of the planned area. There are more than 1,000 exhibiting companies, of which nearly one hundred German companies have already registered for the third Import Expo.
On the afternoon of the 9th, the 3rd China International Expo held the first online overseas roadshow promotion and introduced the preparations for the 3rd Import Expo to many industry associations and hundreds of German companies organized by the German Overseas Chamber of Commerce.
Liu Fuxue, deputy director of the Import Expo Bureau and vice president of the National Convention and Exhibition Center (Shanghai), said that Germany has always been an important destination for the overseas roadshow promotion of the import expo, but due to the epidemic, the original offline promotion will be forced to stop. "According to the development situation of the epidemic in the world, we have adopted online promotion conferences and other methods to devote ourselves to innovating the form of exhibitions and enhancing the confidence of enterprises to participate."
Xu Liting, deputy general manager of the Shanghai branch of the German Overseas Chamber of Commerce, said that the new coronary pneumonia epidemic had an impact on economic development. At this time, a platform like the Import Expo, which can help companies establish and deepen ties, is even more important. This is especially true. Through online video, the German industry associations and enterprises' "cloud" connection can better understand the preparations for the Expo, which will effectively promote the participation of enterprises.
"Our survey of exhibitors showed that during the first Expo, only 5% of the German companies interviewed believed that participation in the Expo was very important, but by the second session, this number had risen to 40%. "Timansha, director of the exhibition and business event planning department of the German Overseas Chamber of Commerce Shanghai Branch, said that the first China Expo attracted more than 170 German companies to participate, and this number rose to more than 200 by the second session.
Germany's Karl Cruz Welding Technology Co., Ltd. is a "century-old shop". The company's Asia region's technology and sales director Hiller said that China is its largest market outside Germany. The meeting was very fruitful, and it was decided to expand the area of the third exhibition from 60 square meters to 100 square meters. The online promotion meeting was held in a special way, which enhanced the confidence of the company's participation.
It is worth noting that the online promotion meeting also attracted the economic and trade institutions of Japan, Switzerland and other countries who came to "learn from". They said that in the future, they will also choose to organize online roadshow promotion meetings to give more companies the opportunity to participate in the third Expo. According to statistics, as of now, nearly one hundred companies in Germany have signed up to participate in the third fair, including many famous companies such as Volkswagen, BMW, Zeiss, Siemens, and many "small and beautiful" invisible champion".
The third session of the Import Expo is planned to be held in Shanghai this November.