Adsale Exhibition Services Ltd, the host of the Chinaplas exhibition, hopes
to build the annual event into a world-class pageant in the plastics industry.
If achieved, this will mark another milestone in the extraordinary development
of the well-known Hong Kong-based exhibition giant.
The 20th
International Exhibition on Plastics and Rubber Industries, or Chinaplas 2006,
known as one of the most influential international plastics and rubber
exhibitions in Asia and the third largest of its kind in the world, is scheduled
to take place from April 26 to 29 in Shanghai.
The first session of the
exhibition was held in 1983.
"In the large-scale exhibition, exhibitors,
visitors and professionals will have access to updated information about the
know-how, new products and market trends," Stanley Chu, chairman of Adsale,
creator and organizer of the expo, told China Daily in an exclusive
interview.
Enterprise exhibitors can establish networks with many
overseas and domestic plastics businesses and industry experts, so as to promote
mutual exchange and co-operation and achieve win-win results.
"The
time-tested annual event has been well received. It is really an international
show which is expected to attract a huge number of exhibitors and audiences from
both home and abroad," Chu added.
Statistics show that at last year's
session, 65 to 70 per cent of the exhibitors were from abroad with the rest
being joint ventures and private enterprises in China. And among the 52,000
visitors, overseas buyers took up more than 15 per cent nearly 8,000
people.
The number of foreign buyers at this year's expo is expected to
reach more than 20 per cent, or 10,000 people, Chu predicted.
According
to the chairman, there are other highlights in the upcoming show, such as
further internationalization, expanded scale and widespread promotion
activities.
Chinaplas 2006 will have an exhibition area of 92,000 square
metres, with 1,300 exhibitors displaying over 1,000 sets of machines, compared
with only several thousand square metres in 1983, and 36,000, 40,000, 60,000 and
77,000 square metres respectively from the years of 2002 to 2005.
New
conferences will be added to traditional activities this year. "Some high-level
industrial conferences, such as the China, Japan and Republic of Korea Summit,
will be launched during the event to enhance regional and international business
ties and co-operation," Chu said.
"We will try to shape a prosperous
future for both exhibitors and visitors - this is the theme of the 20th
session."
Chinaplas is held in Shanghai in even years and rotates between
Guangzhou and Beijing for the odd years.
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