China News Network, Nanjing, March 28 (Reporter Zhu Xiaoying) The exhibition industry, because it aims to provide a communication and display platform, involves the recovery of many industries, and has the characteristics of intensive flow of people. On the 28th, the opening ceremony of "2020 Nanjing International Expo Center-Jinling Online Car Shopping Festival and Outdoor Automobile Supermarket" was held in Nanjing. The Nanjing Convention and Exhibition Industry resumed production and pressed the "start button".

The day of the event was held in Nanjing International Expo Center. The center is one of the main venues for the Nanjing Convention and Exhibition Industry. This day's event is also the first press conference held here this year.

Lu Wenwei, general manager of Nanjing International Expo Center, said in an interview that from a global perspective, due to the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the United States, Germany and other exhibition industries have basically stopped. The economic loss of the industry is not small. The situation of China's epidemic prevention and control is improving, and China's convention and exhibition industry can recover its vitality or go ahead.

On the 28th, the opening ceremony of "2020 Nanjing International Expo Center-Jinling Online Car Shopping Festival and Outdoor Car Supermarket" was held in Nanjing. Photo by Zhu Xiaoying

April and May are the golden dates for the exhibition industry. Lu Wenwei said that as far as the Nanjing International Expo Center is concerned, more than a dozen indoor exhibitions were cancelled, postponed or removed in April this year. Whether the exhibitions in May can be held smoothly remains to be seen, and more than 20 exhibitions have been moved to the second half of the year The international exhibitions scheduled to be held every year have also been affected. "In the second half of the year, the period will be full and busy, and we are considering letting some small exhibitions do 'spelling exhibitions.'"

"For the convention and exhibition industry, the schedule is a resource, and the total number of schedules is limited. Even if all the schedules are full in the second half of the year, the most optimistic estimate is that our revenue, performance and area this year will be reduced by one third compared with previous years. Lu Wenwei said.

Lu Wenwei said that at present, the Nanjing Convention and Exhibition Industry is exploring how to do a good job in the prevention and control of epidemics. At present, the exhibition is only open to B2B. The next step is to try B2C in an orderly manner, and is looking into online exhibitions. The health and epidemic prevention work will also be included as a standard feature of the daily management work of convention and exhibition units and incorporated into the long-term management mechanism.

On the 28th, the opening ceremony of "2020 Nanjing International Expo Center-Jinling Online Car Shopping Festival and Outdoor Car Supermarket" was held in Nanjing. Photo by Zhu Xiaoying

On the same day, after the opening ceremony of "2020 Nanjing International Expo Center-Jinling Online Car Shopping Festival and Outdoor Car Supermarket", "Online Car Supermarket" was launched. The "Offline Automotive Supermarket" will be launched on April 11-12 and May 1-3. More than 50 car brands will bring hundreds of popular cars and special cars on display.

According to the organizer of the event, due to the impact of the epidemic, in the past two months or so, the sales of many automobile companies in the country have dropped sharply. At the exhibition, the promotion and discount of automobile companies will be greater than in previous years. (Finish)