Exhibition industry

chinadaily.com.cn| Updated: May 17, 2019

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Development foundation:

In 2018, Xiamen held a total of 229 exhibitions, with a total exhibition area of 2.38 million square meters, up 8.6 percent year-on-year. The hotels and conference centers in the city hosted 9,262 commercial meetings with more than 50 people attending, up 12.1 percent year-on-year. The total number of participants from home and abroad to Xiamen reached 1.88 million, with a year-on-year increase of 12.1 percent. The total revenue of the exhibition industry in Xiamen reached 40.3 billion yuan ($5.86 billion).

Such exhibitions as the China International Fair for Investment & Trade, the Xiamen International Stone Fair and the Xiamen International Buddhist Items & Crafts Fair are among the world's leading exhibitions in terms of scale.

Xiamen also successfully held some high-end meetings such as BRICS and Straits Forum.

Development priorities:

·Professional and international exhibitions.

·High-end meetings.

·Comprehensive corporate service organizations.

Industrial parks:

·Xiamen International Conference & Exhibition Center

·Xiamen International Conference Center

·Xiamen Fliport Conference & Exhibition Center

·Xiamen east sports exhibition area (under construction)

Preferential policies:

·Supportive opinions on promoting the development of the convention and exhibition industry in Xiamen