Cherry Blossoms gather for the grand event | 2025 China Convention and Exhibition Economic Research Association Annual Meeting and Wuxi Convention and Exhibition Destination Construction Conference were successfully held

At the meeting, Qu Weixi, Vice President of the International Trade and Economic Cooperation Research Institute of the Ministry of Commerce and President of the China Exhibition Economy Research Association, pointed out in his speech that this year is the first year to implement the spirit of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, the final year of the 14th Five-Year Plan, and the planning year of the 15th Five-Year Plan. The two sessions have just concluded, and the layout of the work for the whole year is of great significance. President Qu proposed to designate this year as the "Year of Integrated Development of the Exhibition Industry" , aiming to promote the integration of the exhibition industry with culture, tourism, performing arts, events, festivals, etc., promote the deep integration of the exhibition industry with industrial economy, urban economy, new technologies, etc., promote the integrated development of the upstream and downstream of the exhibition industry and exhibition enterprises, and further release the multiplier effect of the exhibition industry.

Qian Qian, Chairman of Wuxi Committee of China Council for the Promotion of International TradeIn his speech, he said that in recent years, Wuxi has been actively innovating its exhibition model around the goal of building a new convention and exhibition center in the Yangtze River Delta, focusing on developing new-quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions, insisting on promoting production through exhibitions and promoting exhibitions through production, and continuously creating brand exhibitions such as the "World Internet of Things Expo", "International New Energy Exhibition", "Integrated Circuit Innovation and Development Conference", and "Taihu Bay Life and Health Future Conference". The specifications and influence of the exhibitions have been increasing year by year, and it has become an important international cooperation and exchange platform for Wuxi's Internet of Things, new energy, integrated circuits, biomedicine and other industries.

Qu Weixi, Deputy Director of the International Trade and Economic Cooperation Research Institute of the Ministry of Commerce and President of the China Exhibition Economy Research Association , delivered a keynote speech entitled "Leading and Promoting the Integrated Development of the Exhibition Industry with Innovation" from the two perspectives of " Why the exhibition industry needs integrated development" and "How the exhibition industry can integrate and develop".

Chen Xianjin, Honorary Chairman of the International Exhibition Industry Association and Director of the National Exhibition Industry Standardization Technical CommitteeIn his keynote speech entitled "Grasp Development Trends and Accelerate the Pace of Innovation", he analyzed the development trends of the international exhibition industry from multiple perspectives and emphasized the importance of seizing the historic opportunity of digital innovation in the exhibition industry.

Qin Wei, member of the Party Leadership Group and fourth-level researcher of the Wuxi Municipal Committee of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, and Liu Nini, chief AI scientist of China Mobile Xiong'an Research Institute , respectively delivered keynote speeches on "Focusing on new quality productivity to stimulate new vitality in Wuxi's exhibition industry" and "Digital intelligence drives the construction of a new ecology for the exhibition industry in the AI ​​era."

Pan Tao, Director of the New Media Marketing Committee of China Exhibition Economy Research AssociationDelivered a keynote speech entitled "Hot practices in the counter-cycle: the innovative traction of the special committee's operating mechanism from the MiMu Overseas Conference".

The annual meeting was hosted by Jiang Huai, Vice President and Secretary General of China Exhibition Economy Research Association . The high-end dialogue session revolved around the theme of "Promoting the ecological reconstruction of the exhibition industry with counter-cyclical regulation". When the traditional growth logic encounters counter-cyclical challenges, how to break through "policy dependence" and economic uncertainty and forge a new engine with real anti-cyclical resilience has become the focus of discussion among the guests.

Guo Ce, Deputy Director of the Foreign Trade Development Bureau of the Ministry of Commerce; Yao Weihong, Deputy Chief Accountant of Taihu New Town Group and Chairman of the Exhibition Group; Chai Zhengmao, Director of the Exhibition Industry Management Division of the Shenzhen Municipal Bureau of Commerce; Liu Guoliang, Director and General Manager of Hannover Milano Fairs (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.; Wang Chunlei, Dean and Professor of the School of Exhibition and Communication of Shanghai University of International Business and EconomicsFive guests from the political, industrial, academic and research circles engaged in a lively discussion, bringing professional, forward-looking and constructive exchanges of ideas to the participants.