EU-China Business and Technology Cooperation Fair

Event Dates
2016-10-28 - 2016-11-04
Exhibitors
500
Attendees
7450
Event contact title
liasion Officer
Event contact first name
DENG
Event contact last name
Fei Fei
Email
feifei_deng@eupic.org.cn
Event contact telephone number
0086-532-68013872
Notes
Contact us: Fei Fei Tel: +86 532 6801 3872 Fax: +86 532 83863 932 Email: feifei_deng@eupic.org.cn www.eupic.org.cn
Description
The EU-China Business and Technology Cooperation Fair has been held for 10 editions, with an overall attendance of over 2,650 European enterprises, international organizations, governmental authorities, universities and research institutions as well as more than 4,800 Chinese counterparts. A total of 23,000 B2B matchmaking meetings have been held and 1,659 successful cooperation agreements between European and Chinese delegates were reached so far. Today, the EU-China Business and Technology Cooperation Fair has become a significant event for development of China relations for most of the EU member states. Attended by wide representations of EU enterprises, as well as high-level officials, including President, Minister, Ambassador, Consul-General and Chairman of Chamber of Commerce, etc. it represents the largest platform for investment, trade and technological cooperation between European Union and China with successful promotion of local governmental cooperation, like launching direct flights, twin city relations, co-building of schools, establishment of consulates, etc.
Exhibitor information
Industrial Sectors:  ICT  Energy and Environment  Bio-pharmacy & Bio-technology  General Aviation  Modern Agriculture
Future dates
Key data  10 editions already held: a successful track history;  Participation of 28 EU member states and over 2650 EU enterprise representatives;  Participation of over 4800 Chinese companies;  22,800 B2B Matchmaking sessions held, of which about 30% reached cooperation intention;  Over 30 European Chambers of Commerce/ associations/ government authorities set up branches and representative offices locally, while over 300 European companies settled in Chengdu;
Partner Voices
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