To further promote cooperation and development in the exhibition industry of Kunming and Shanghai, yesterday afternoon, the Kunming Exhibition Affairs Bureau held a ceremony in the Shanghai New Jinjiang Hotel to inaugurate the Kunming-Shanghai Exhibition Cooperation and the Kunming Exhibition (Shanghai) Promotion Center. Zhao Bin, Deputy Director of the Kunming Exhibition Affairs Bureau, Li Fugui, Director of the Kunming Municipal Government Liaison Office in Shanghai, Chen Xian, Chairman of the Shanghai Exhibition Industry Association, and Chen Ping, Deputy Director of the International Exchange Department of the Shanghai Tourism Bureau, attended the meeting and gave speeches. Chen Xian, Chairman of the Shanghai Exhibition Industry Association, congratulated the establishment of the center. He analyzed Kunming's advantages in economic foundation, hardware facilities, regional concentration, and national strategy, and affirmed the development prospects of Kunming's exhibition industry. He stated that the establishment of the Kunming Exhibition (Shanghai) Promotion Center fully demonstrates the Kunming Municipal Government's high importance to the exhibition industry. He hopes that the "center" will become a communication and information exchange hub for exhibition industries in Shanghai and Yunnan, a window for project cooperation, and a base for the exchange and cooperation of exhibition industries in both regions. Zhao Bin, Li Fugui, Chen Xian, and Chen Ping inaugurated the "center". Chen Xian, Chairman, presented membership cards to the "center", while Secretary-General Ji Luode and Deputy Secretary-General Zhang Yi signed on behalf of the Shanghai Exhibition Industry Association and the Kunming Exhibition Industry Promotion Association, respectively, to jointly sign the strategic cooperation framework agreement for exhibition industries in both regions.
Approximately 50 representatives from the Shanghai Exhibition Industry Association and the Shanghai Tourism Association attended the meeting.
