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BIGGEST CHINAPLAS IN HISTORY

WELCOMED 180,701 VISITORS!

A highly successful CHINAPLAS 2018 concluded its four-day show on April 27,
2018 in Shanghai. A total of 180,701 professional buyers from all over the world
visited CHINAPLAS during the four days at the new show venue, the Nation-
al Exhibition and Convention Center (NECC), Shanghai, PR China. CHINAPLAS
2018 recorded the highest visitor count in history, and the show also set a new
record in terms of exhibition space.

CHINAPLAS 2018 attracted 180,701 professional buyers. The number of over-
seas visitors totaled 47,900, accounting for 26.5% of the total. They came from
150 countries and regions, including Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy,
Japan, Korea, Russia, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, the U.K., Vietnam, and United
States, among others. Compared with the Shanghai edition of show two years
ago (at the previous venue in Pudong), the number of visitors increased re-
markably by 21.6%. The total also rose by 16.4% compared with last year's
Guangzhou edition of the show.

Ada Leung, General Manager of CHINAPLAS organizer Adsale Exhibition Ser-
vices Ltd., was delighted by the results. "I have never seen such a huge number
of visitors before," she said. "Most of our exhibitors were satisfied with the re-
sult," added Leung.

Compared with previous editions, more and more visitors of CHINAPLAS are
from Product/Industrial Design industries. The concurrent event - CMF [Color,
Material and Finish] Inspiration for Design x Innovation, has got the overwhelm-
ing response onsite as well.

New journey in 2019

CHINAPLAS 2019 will rotate to Guangzhou, running from May 21- 24, 2019. Stay
tuned to explore the new element in design together with the Asia's no. 1 trade
show - CHINAPLAS!

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