After entering the 21st century, China’s convention and exhibition industry ushered in many grand events, greatly exciting people.
On February 26, 2001, the inaugural conference of the boao forum for Asia was held in boao, hainan. This is the first international forum headquartered in China since the reform and opening up. The boao forum for Asia has become an international forum and institution on a par with the world economic forum in davos. General secretary xi jinping said that based on Asia and facing the world, the boao forum for Asia has played an important role in building consensus, promoting cooperation and building a community of Shared future in Asia.
In November 2001, China completed the negotiations on joining the wto. In the second year, in the national standard of classification of industries of national economy (GB/T 4754-2002), China established the small category of “conference and exhibition service industry” (code L7491) for the first time. (since October 1, 2017, “conference, exhibition and related services” has been upgraded from “small class” to “middle class”, with the industry code of L728.)
On May 14, 2017, the first “One Belt And One Road” international cooperation summit forum was held in Beijing. President xi jinping presided over many important events and delivered keynote speeches. The forum includes the opening ceremony, the round table summit and the high-level meeting. The list of outcomes includes policy communication, infrastructure connectivity, unimpeded trade, financial integration and people-to-people connectivity, 76 items and more than 270 items.
As one of China’s main diplomatic events, the forum has played a significant role in promoting the “One Belt And One Road” initiative and building a community with a Shared future for mankind. It is also a way for China to provide public services for world development through international conferences, demonstrating China’s important role as a responsible major country. On April 26, 2019, the second “One Belt And One Road” summit forum for international cooperation was held in Beijing, with more fruitful results.
The first China international import expo was held at the national convention and exhibition center (Shanghai) on November 5, 2018. This is a large-scale exhibition project personally planned, proposed and promoted by President xi jinping. It has been a great success with far-reaching impact.
“Magnificent 70 years, forge ahead in a new era”. How to summarize the development achievements and great progress of China’s exhibition industry in the past 70 years? Xi jinping, general secretary of September 20, 2016 for the g20 summit in hangzhou summary commendation work made important instructions: hangzhou summit the implementation of the “west lake scenery, jiangnan style, Chinese style, datong world” concept, to show the world the Chinese spirit, Chinese power, in the process of the group of 20 left a deep mark in China. On the occasion of celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, we feel very excited and proud to review the instructions of general secretary xi jinping. The great rejuvenation of China reflected by the development achievements of China’s convention and exhibition industry over the past 70 years is already on the paper.