The 10th China Clean Expo a growing success

The 10th China Clean Expo (CCE), and 2009 International Indoor Environment Technology & Product Exhibition was held concurrent with Hotelex Shanghai, and Expo Build China, at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre, 31st March - 2nd April of this year.

The 12,000 sq m CCE exhibition area held 146 exhibitors who played host to 6,287 visiting professionals - a 9.4% increase compared with 5,698 visitors in 2008. According to a report by the organisers, a joint venture between Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo International Exhibition Company, Wings (Shanghai) Exhibition Company, and the Shanghai Indoor Environment Purifying Association, as many as 96% of the exhibitors were 'content' with the quality of visitors.

This edition of CCE was held in Hall E6 of Shanghai New International Expo Centre and is said to be the biggest show of its kind in Asia.

As one of the co-organizers, Shanghai Indoor Environment Purifying Association set up a special area for indoor air purifying products, which is a new trend of the industry.

The exhibitors came from many countries including Germany, Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Demark, USA, Canada, Malaysia, Japan, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.

During the exhibition, China Clean Conference presented 8 seminar sessions on various technologies and equipment of cleaning. On site demonstrations enabled visitors to draw their own conclusion of the performance of machines.

The co-location of the three shows marked not only an annual grand gathering of their respective industries but also an attempt to connect different industries while maintaining respective identities.

The unprecedented size (130,000 sq m) of the shows extended the influence of CCE. Nearly 100,000 visitors from 105 countries visited the shows from such business sectors as hotel, properties management, cleaning contractors, industrial facilities, office building, hospitals, public facilities, etc. The overall number of visitors increased by 33.8% compared to last year's figures. The co-location of the shows undoubtedly brings more professional buyers to exhibitors and thus serves as a one-stop platform for business opportunities and sourcing.

Many exhibitors increased the size of their stands at CCE 2009, and the largest booth covered approximately 250 sq m.

Of the exhibits, equipment, chemicals and tools accounted for a major part. An increase of the proportion of spare parts and new technologies indicates that China's cleaning industry is becoming mature.

Further, domestic exhibitors outnumbered overseas exhibitors. As an export-oriented expo, CCE is not only a showcase for advanced overseas cleaning technology and equipment, but is also a stage for domestic companies to present themselves and their own product advances.

Chinese visitors came from different provinces and other special administrative regions except Tibet. The majority of visitors came from Shanghai and eastern China. This is because of a relatively mature cleaning industry in this part of the country. It is noteworthy that more than half of the visitors came from places outside Shanghai, which proves CCE to be an influential exhibition across China.

Most overseas visitors came from other Asian countries such as Japan, Korea, Singapore and India because of their adjacent geographical location.

Report extracts reproduced by kind permission of China Clean publication (CCP).

Lucy.zhang@ubmsinoexpo.com

www.chinacleanexpo.com/ www.clean-china.com