13th China International Event Festival kicked off in Linyi

Opening ceremony of CIEF 2017.

Li Yiming, member of Standing Committee of Linyi Municipal Committee and deputy Mayor of Linyi City, delivered a welcoming speech at the opening ceremony of CIEF 2017.

Opening ceremony of CIEF 2017.

The 13th China International Event Festival (CIEF 2017) opened on August 18 in Linyi City, east China’s Shandong Province. To plan and contrive the development of conference and exhibition for the city, elite groups of practitioners of exhibition industry from home and abroad gathered in Linyi.

Jointly sponsored byChina Conference & Exhibition– the most professional and authoritative magazine centered on conference and exhibition across China supervised by National Development and Reform Commission – and Linyi Municipal People’s Government, the 13th China International Event Festival was themed on Belt & Road Initiative Cooperation and Exhibition Culture. In according with the principal concept of innovation, the Festival was working to spread new information, convey new notion, set up new platform, develop new activity, and create new atmosphere.

More than 500 guests and over 80 groups of event organizers represent the leading force of China’s event organizers attended the Festival, celebrating their own festival and exploring the prospects of the conference and exhibition industry. Besides, topics on education, transmission and social responsibilities of events industry set off heated discussion among guests, enabled several brilliant forums to be held during the Festival. We were glad to see that 13th China International Event Festival has provided a professional, efficient and practical platform for the guests and event organizers.

In recent years, Linyi has channeling great efforts into the development of conference and exhibition, in return, exhibition economy has become a new economic growth point for Linyi City. In order to accelerate the sound development of conference & exhibition industry, three exhibition galleries have been built up in Linyi: Linyi International Conference & Exhibition Center, Linyi Trade City Conference & Exhibition Center and Linyi International Expo Center. Based on these, total area of specialized 200,000 square meters is available to versatile conferences and exhibitions, and 10 professional exhibition brands including China (Linyi) International Trade and Logistics Fair are growing greatly in Linyi. Additionally, 109 exhibitions were held in Linyi during 2016, attracting over 20,000 enterprises along with total turnover of 16.3 billion yuan. Moreover, China (Linyi) International Trade and Logistics Fair was awarded China’s Top Ten Brand Expos, and Linyi ranked 32 among cities listed in National Exhibition Industry Development Index.