Seeing New Breakthroughs, Steadily Growing Each Exhibition in 2019

Time flies, and 2019 is coming to an end. This year is memorable for Messe Düsseldorf (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as MDS) and Messe Düsseldorf (China) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as MDC). Since its establishment in 2009, MDS has successfully launched numerous high-quality industry trade events for the Chinese market, which has effectively promoted the healthy development of many industries in China. On the other side, MDC has taken the cue from China's reform and liberalization, and over the past 20 years has continuously exported high-quality "Made in China" products and technologies to the world, helping countless domestic companies to go abroad.

Despite facing increasing global trade barriers in 2019, China still stabilized its GDP growth in the first three quarters of 2019 at 6.2% by actively promoting the “Belt and Road” initiative and mobilizing domestic demand. This can be seen from the results of MDS’s exhibition business in China this year. This year, MDS held 8 exhibitions and conferences in China, with a total exhibition space of 409,100 square meters, an increase of 12.4% over 2017 (due to the cycle of the exhibition, the data is based on the increase since 2017). A total of 6,305 domestic and international exhibitors efficiently displayed their latest products and solutions through our brand activities (a 5.1% increase from 2017). At the same time, more than 274,000 professional visitors came to visit the exhibitions (a substantial increase of 14.2% over 2017), which boosted the enthusiasm of both the demand and supply sides onsite.

Eyeing the satisfying results of 2019, Mr. Marius Berlemann, General Manager of MDS, said: “In the past year, the company has tried new cooperation model with the premise of ensuring the steady development of our benchmark projects, which has allowed MDS to always stay energetic and keeping up with the latest market trends. Evidently, the numbers can prove that our development strategy is moving ahead. At the same time, I believe that with the full commitment of the MDS team together with colleagues abroad, MDS will achieve even better results during the peak exhibition season next year!”

Retail, Consumer and Medical Innovation Exhibitions Show Good Results

With the onset of the continuous upgradation of the Chinese retail industry, over the past 5 years - C-star, Shanghai's International Trade Fair for Solutions and Trends All about Retail has gradually become one of the best choice for domestic retailers to learn global cutting-edge technology, store equipment, lighting and visual marketing solutions. This year C-star attracted a total of 13,674 visitors, an increase of 5% over last year. It is worth mentioning that the C-star Retail Forum with the theme “Dynamic Future of Retail Ecosystem” was appreciated widely by professional attendees. At the meeting, world-renowned retail experts and industry opinion leaders analyzed cross-border retail and other industry trending topics such as artificial intelligence, thus providing participants with new ideas.

As a part of ProWein World, the world's leading wine and spirits trade show series, ProWine China has rapidly grown into a high-quality platform for international exhibitors to establish important business connections with the Chinese market since it entered China in 2013. ProWine China 2019, which closed curtain in November, attracted a total of 20,640 professional visitors, an increase of 9% over the previous edition, further proving that its influence in the Chinese wine and spirits market is growing. In addition, this May ProWine Asia was held in Hong Kong SAR, where remains an essential hub for the Asia Pacific wines and spirits markets. More than 340 leading exhibitors took advantage of ProWine Asia (HK) and 12,716 trade visitors from 62 countries and regions complimented high-quality international participation.

On the other hand, in order to let Chinese people truly appreciate the RV concept of 

"At home, anywhere "; All in CARAVANING, the satellite exhibition of CARAVAN SALON Düsseldorf, has been held in Beijing for 8 years, and has gradually popularized the RV culture in China. About 500 RVs of varying grades and brands were displayed at the All in CARAVANING 2019. With the support of more than 300 industrial and mass media publicity, it attracted a total of 24,008 visitors, an increase of 8.2% over the previous session. At the event site, in addition to getting access to RVs, chassis and accessories, camping equipment and outdoor products, visitors also participated in lively and interesting activities such as the AIC Family Club, AIC RV Classroom, and experienced the charm of the RV culture from different aspect.

In the field of medical devices, Medical Fair China 2019 concluded in Suzhou in September, with continuous strong development momentum. It brought together 302 brands of medical innovation device manufacturers and R&D related solutions. The event attracted 6,989 professional visitors from 33 countries and regions, an increase of 27% over the previous year.

Industrial Exhibitions Focuses on the Development of Artificial Intelligence

At the end of November, Asia's leading processing and packaging machinery exhibition, swop, concluded successfully. As a satellite show of interpack, the world’s most important packaging machinery and processing exhibition, swop 2019 integrated international resources and brought together new trends, new ideas and new technologies from the packaging industry. At the exhibition, more than 700 exhibitors competed on the same stage, attracting more than 25,000 domestic and international professional visitors, and shared the development results of intelligent, integrated, personalized, and environmentally friendly packaging.

Hosted by Adsale Exhibition Services Co., Ltd. and in partnership with Messe Düsseldorf; CHINAPLAS International Rubber and Plastics Exhibition is an outstanding event in the rubber and plastics industry. Based in China and serving the world, CHINAPLAS has become one of the world's leading plastic and rubber industry exhibitions after decades of development. At the Guangzhou edition, which was held in May this year, more than 3,600 global exhibitors showcased industry-leading products and technologies, including more than 180 cutting-edge technologies which were launched in Asia even globally for the first time, to steadily advance the industry in the direction of "technology leads the future" .

Outbound Exhibitions Promote "Made in China" to the World

Messe Düsseldorf (China) Co., Ltd. plays a very important role in outbound exhibitions business of Messe Düsseldorf Group. After 20 years of development, the original intention has not been forgotten and the team has been working tirelessly to improve their ability to provide premium services. Right from understanding the actual needs of Chinese companies, MDC support Chinese companies to have a more impactful presence at the exhibitions organized by Messe Düsseldorf worldwide. According to statistics, in 2019, nearly 3,470 Chinese companies followed MDC to participate in 30 industry events organized by the group in 6 countries around the world. 

Mr. Axel Bartkus, Managing Director of Messe Düsseldorf (China) Co., Ltd., affirmed the achievements of MDC this year: "2019 is an important year for MDC. Many world-leading exhibitions were held at the headquarter in Germany, covering different fields including wine and spirits, metallurgical foundry and casting, rubber and plastics, and security. In today's changing global trade landscape, Chinese companies are increasingly important. Therefore, to serve them well, and introduce their leading technology and products to the global market has become our top priority. Next year will be another exciting year, with more world No.1 events to be held, such as drupa, interpack, wire+Tube, Euroshop, glasstec, etc. We look forward to a new record-breaking achievement in 2020 with more Chinese companies’ participation. Join MDC and work with us to expand into a wider market! "

2020 Outlook

If you are looking to describe 2020 for MDS in one word, then "busy" will be the best choice, because next year, we will host 10 important industry events in China. In addition to the above-mentioned consumer exhibitions, the wire and tube products, known as the industrial “blood vessels and nervous system”, will be unveiled at wire & Tube China in late September. This exhibition focuses on innovative topics such as 5G communications, super high-speed rail, and smart grid. In addition, All in Print, one of the most important printing industry exhibitions in Asia, will also return in October, presenting two highlighted zones, "Smart Printing" and "Printing Dream Factory". In the field of security, the biennial COS+H - China International Occupational Safety & Health Exhibition will be held again in Hangzhou!

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