The 2nd China International Equipment Manufacturing Exposition
(CIEME) will be held in Shenyang, capital of northeast China's
Liaoning Province, from September 5-10, according to a press
conference held at the Great Hall of the People Beijing Tuesday
morning.
Vice Minister of Commerce Wei Jianguo, Vice Chairman of China
Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) Zhong Min,
Vice Governor of Liaoning Provincial People's Government Liu
Ketian, Shenyang Mayor Chen Zhenggao and 28 officials and
representatives from foreign embassies in China attended the press
conference.
According to Liu Ketian, full preparation for the 2nd CIEME is now
under way. There are nine exhibition halls this year, including
eight indoor halls and one outdoor. Some 1,720 booths will be
arranged, of which 1,520 are indoors. The total area covered will
be 48,000 square meters. The exhibits are categorized into nine
groups: machinery processing equipment, instruments and industrial
automation equipment, environmental protection equipment, computer
application and network technology, electrical engineering,
electrical appliances and electrical power engineering equipment,
general petrochemical equipment, food processing, packaging and
printing equipment, farming machinery and agricultural by-product
processing equipment, and industrial design.
This year, more effort is devoted to attract and promote the
business of the top 500 corporations in the world and large-scale
domestic equipment manufacturing enterprises so as to highlight
advanced equipment and famous brand production. According to the
overall plan, the 2nd CIEME will see dramatically improved quality
with more rich and varied content; greater standardized design of
exhibition halls and better quality services. The 2nd CIEME is
trying to attract more than 120,000 visitors and realize a total
domestic product contract value of 2.5 billion yuan (about US$300
million) with import and export contract value of US$200 million
and negotiated investment of US$3 billion in utilizing foreign
capital.
A
series of activities will also be held during the 2nd CIEME,
including trade and economic cooperation, negotiation for
transnational companies; explanation of bid invitations for
Shenyang equipment manufacturing industry; item information
releases from the Chinese equipment manufacturing industry;
development forum for advanced equipment manufacturing industry;
cross-Straits cooperation forum in the equipment manufacturing
industry; international forum on standardization and equipment
manufacturing; investment trade fair and design forum on modern
industry.
To
date, the 2nd CIEME has received 785 reservations for exhibition
booths, of which 460 are from foreign countries. Large-scale
foreign enterprises to attend the exposition include GE (United
States), Siemens (Germany) and Panasonic (Japan). The condition for
booth ordering is better than last year.
CIEME is a state-level international annual exposition approved by
the State Council (2001). Officially sponsored by the Ministry of
Commerce, CCPIT and Liaoning Provincial People's Government, the
CIEME is the 5th nationwide fair following the Hi-tech Fair
Shenzhen, Shanghai International Industry Fair, Beijing
International Hi-tech Industries Week and China International
Agriculture Expo Shaanxi. The 1st CIEME was held from August 30 to
September 5 in 2002 in Shenyang International Exhibition Center and
was crowned a complete success.
(China.org.cn by Staff Reporter Yan Xinxia, April 8, 2003)