China to be "exhibition nation"

Chinanews, Shenzhen, Jul. 25 – China’s exhibition industry earns for it 14 billion yuan every year, and its indirect production value amounts to 120 billion yuan every year.
The exhibition industry had developed rapidly from the 1990s to 2006, and 4,000 exhibitions and fairs are held in China every year. Most of these exhibitions are held in Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou and Shenzhen. Other cities like Dalian, Changchun, Qingdao, Nanjing and Suzhou also have held some more exhibitions in recent years.
Currently China has some 200 exhibition centers, covering a total area of 2 million square meters. Officials reveal that another 1 million square meters of exhibition areas will be built in the near future.
Former president of the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry predicted that the scale of China’s exhibition centers would surpass Germany as the World’s largest “exhibition nation”.
Experts suggest that main international exhibition companies have established their branches in China, which means Chinese exhibition market is being more and more important.