Source: Beijing Daily
Original title: The one-month countdown to the 2021 Service Trade Fair will first set up a “dual venue” to welcome global exhibitors and businessmen to reunite in Beijing to share new opportunities for open development
In the golden autumn of September, the world‘s attention will once again focus on Beijing. The 2021 China International Trade in Services Fair, co-sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce and the Beijing Municipal People’s Government, will be held at the Beijing National Convention Center and Shougang Park from September 2 to September 7. On August 1, from the one-month countdown to the 2021 Service Trade Fair, the media briefing learned that the current Service Trade Fair will continue to be held in the “online and offline combination” approach, with approximately 130,000 square meters of exhibitions and more than 100 forums set up. , Meetings and promotion and negotiation activities. This service trade fair will highlight the characteristics of digitalization, internationalization, specialization, and marketization, and build a platform for service trade display, exchange, negotiation, and cooperation for global exhibitors.
Focus on global hot trends and hold 6 types of activities
In 2021, the Service Trade Fair will grasp global hot trends such as digital economy, carbon peak and carbon neutrality, and focus on open service and cooperation to promote the recovery of the world economy. It will organize 6 types of activities centered on the theme of “digital opening up the future, service promoting development”. The two days from September 3 to September 4 are professional visitor days, and the three days from September 5 to September 7 are open days for the public.
Among them, the Global Service Trade Summit will convey my country’s unswerving confidence and determination to open up to the outside world, and invite foreign politicians and heads of international organizations to attend and give speeches online, exchange policies and experience, and jointly promote the prosperity and development of global service trade and promote the world economy. recovery.
Forums and conferences include summit forums, brand topic forums and industry conferences. The summit forum will focus on topics such as digital trade, service trade innovation and development, investment facilitation, etc., to help improve global economic governance and promote the inclusive growth of the world economy; the brand theme forum will focus on 8 topics, focusing on hotspots in various thematic areas Development trends, promote the formation of landmark achievements leading the development of service trade, and activate development momentum; industry conferences will focus on digital economy, carbon peaking, carbon neutrality, epidemic prevention and health, intellectual property protection, industrial Internet, service industry expansion and opening up and free trade zones Conduct seminars and exchanges on hot topics in service fields such as construction, leading the development of the industry.
In 2021, the Service Trade Fair will set up about 130,000 square meters of exhibitions, including comprehensive exhibitions and special exhibitions. The comprehensive exhibition is located in the National Convention Center, with service trade achievements exhibitions, national exhibitions, provinces, regions, and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan exhibitions, and digital service exhibitions, etc., focusing on relevant countries and regions, China’s provinces, regions and cities, and the unique advantages of service trade in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. And the latest achievements, highlighting the latest frontiers, latest achievements and latest application scenarios in the field of digital services; thematic exhibitions are located in the Shougang Park, and corporate exhibitions are organized around 8 topics, fully demonstrating the development trend of digital, networked, and intelligent in various fields New technologies, new models, and new results.
In terms of promotion and negotiation, this session of the Service Trade Fair will host three types of activities including country-specific promotion negotiations, provinces, regions and cities, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan promotion negotiations, and industry promotion negotiations. Invite embassies and consulates of overseas countries and regions, business associations, various provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan government departments, industry associations, etc. to promote advantageous areas, cooperation projects, and regional service trade innovation and development related policies and measures; invite government agencies and domestic and foreign business associations, Enterprises and others hold policy interpretation, special promotion, demand release, project docking, etc.
In terms of results release, a results release hall will be set up to hold new products, new technologies, new services, new application scenarios and other first release activities, service demonstration cases release, and authoritative policy information release activities. The release of service demonstration cases will select a batch of outstanding cases of technological innovation, business format innovation, Chinese service practices, and global service practices for release.
In addition, various participating entities will organize various side events such as business salons, banquets and cocktail parties. During the exhibition, business visits, investment promotion, cultural experience and other supporting activities will also be arranged for participating merchants.
Set up “dual venues” for the first time to upgrade the exhibition experience
The Service Trade Fair has become an important window and platform to showcase “China Services”. Different from previous sessions, starting from 2021, the Service Trade Fair will set up “dual venues” in the National Convention Center and Shougang Park. This is the first time in the history of the Service Trade Fair, which reflects the innovative development and radiation driving role of the Service Trade Fair. . Among them, the comprehensive exhibition will be set up at the National Convention Center, and 8 thematic exhibitions and supporting forum meetings and side events will be set up in the Shougang Park for the first time.
Liang Jie, deputy general manager of Shougang Group Co., Ltd., said that the planning and design, engineering construction, and operation guarantee of the Shougang Park of the Service Trade Fair have achieved stage results. The planning, design and construction fully considered the functional requirements of the Service Trade Fair and the characteristics of the Shougang Park, deeply integrated modern exhibitions with industrial features and natural landscapes, and explored innovative development paths for the exhibition industry.
Shougang Park has 15 exhibition venues with an area of about 94,000 square meters, including temporary exhibition halls, removable temporary exhibition halls and open exhibition halls, all of which are newly-built exhibition halls. The design concept of the new exhibition hall is internationally benchmarked, drawing lessons from the special exhibition modes of Greenwich Town, Davos Town, etc., giving full play to the distinctive site characteristics of Shougang Park, conforming to the international trend, creating a settlement-style exhibition venue, and forming a “one “Axial, four corridors and more points” landscape structure. “One axis” means a central axis green corridor showing the style and features of the Shougang industrial site; “four corridors” means four ecological corridors connecting Qunming Lake in east-west directions; “multipoints” means multiple characteristic theme parks and public service nodes, which serve as indoor Extension of the exhibition hall.
As one of the “dual venues” of this session of the Service Trade Fair, the National Convention Center has also made all-round preparations and preparations. It will provide new scenes and new services including tea break services, forum services, and delegate services Service, new experience, welcome visitors from all directions. Wei Mingqian, assistant general manager of Beichen Group and chairman of Capital Exhibition Group Co., Ltd., introduced that taking the opportunity of serving the FIT, the National Convention Center is upgrading the intelligent level of the venue, and strives to provide a new digital experience and service for the attendees of the FIT.
165 overseas and China organizations confirmed their participation
In 2021, the Service Trade Fair will continue to be held in the form of “online and offline integration”, and highlight the characteristics of digitalization, internationalization, specialization and marketization, and build a platform for service trade exhibition, exchange, negotiation and cooperation for global exhibitors.
Sun Yao, director of the Beijing Investment Promotion Service Center and deputy director of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Commerce, introduced that the current service trade fair actively innovated the mechanism for organizing the conference. In 2021, the State Council approved the establishment and normalized the establishment of the organizing committee and executive committee, and Beijing established the Capital Exhibition (Group) Co., Ltd., forming a daily preparation model of “public institutions + exhibition companies”. Among them, the public institutions assume the responsibilities of the organizing committee and the executive committee office on behalf of the government, and coordinate the preparation of exhibitions and forums and conferences; Capital Exhibition Company adopts a corporate operation model, responsible for market development, investment promotion, online service trade fair operation, etc. .
At present, the preparations for the 2021 Service Trade Fair are being comprehensively, steadily and efficiently promoted, and the work of attracting investment, exhibitions and forums and conferences is being carried out in a planned and step-by-step manner. Up to now, the overall recruitment completion rate of the Service Trade Fair in 2021 has exceeded 90%, the world‘s top 500 and industry-leading companies accounted for 48%, and the internationalization rate was nearly 30%.
In terms of international investment and exhibition, 165 overseas and China institutions from 108 overseas countries and regions have confirmed their online and offline participation in the exhibition, involving 81 countries that have signed the “Belt and Road” agreement with my country, and the top 30 countries in service trade 29 countries and regions in the region have institutions involved. Among them, 157 overseas and China organizations in 105 overseas countries and regions confirmed to hold exhibitions online and offline.
In terms of international organizations, 26 international organizations have confirmed their participation in the conference, of which 21 international organizations will hold exhibitions or international forums. In terms of domestic investment and exhibition, 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, 5 cities under separate planning, Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan regions have all confirmed their participation. Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei continue to adopt the joint exhibition approach, with Zhejiang and Shanxi serving as the guest provinces and theme provinces respectively.
In terms of comprehensive exhibitions and country exhibitions, 38 overseas countries and 5 international organizations have confirmed to hold exhibitions; in the digital service area, 48 well-known domestic and foreign companies and institutions including Amazon, Canon, NEC, Qualcomm, Alibaba, and BOE have signed up for the exhibition. Regarding the 8 special exhibitions, 716 companies have confirmed offline or online participation, the completion rate of offline recruitment is 92%, and the overall internationalization rate is nearly 25%.
In terms of forum meetings, the 2021 Service and Trade will plan various forum meetings around global hot spots such as digital economy, carbon neutrality, and epidemic prevention and health. At present, six summit forums have been identified, which will be organized by the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Development Research Center of the State Council, and the World Tourism Cities Federation. Various entities applied to hold 188 forum meetings and promotion and negotiation activities.
Build consensus to accelerate the recovery of service trade
The Service Trade Fair has become the largest comprehensive exhibition in the field of global service trade and an important platform for my country’s opening to the outside world. It has played an important role in promoting the construction of a new development pattern and the high-quality development of my country’s foreign trade, deepening international cooperation, and participating in global economic governance. effect. 2021 is the 100th anniversary of the founding of the party, and it is also the year when the “14th Five-Year Plan” begins and the new journey of building a modern socialist country in an all-round way begins. Against the background that the global epidemic situation is still severe and complex, it is of special significance to successfully run the 2021 Trade Fair.
Sun Yao said that running a good service trade fair is an important measure to accelerate the construction of a new development pattern and promote the domestic and international double cycle. The advantages of my country’s super-large-scale market have been further strengthened. The integration of domestic and foreign trade has promoted the development of domestic and international markets. The opening of the service sector has continued to deepen. The prospects for opening up and cooperation in the service sector of my country are very broad. Successfully running the Service Trade Fair will further deepen international cooperation in the service sector, activate the growth momentum of service trade, and promote high-quality trade development.
As an important platform for expanding the opening up of the service sector and promoting the construction of a new higher-level open economy, the Service Trade will focus on the service industry and service trade, fully demonstrating my country’s firm confidence in opening up to the outside world, and releasing my country’s persistence in advancing economic globalization. , A positive signal to deepen international economic and trade cooperation, to build consensus among all parties to promote the open development of service trade, and to take pragmatic actions to create opportunities for open development.
Successfully running the Service Trade Fair is also an important starting point for coordinating the promotion of epidemic prevention and control, economic and social development, and accelerating the recovery of service trade. Sun Yao said that at present, the global epidemic has not yet been fully controlled. In the case of limited flow of people and poor economic and trade activities, the Service Trade Fair has made full use of digital technology to hold online and offline together, and simultaneously promote screen-to-screen. , Face-to-face corporate exchanges and negotiations, to help companies expand business opportunities in many ways, hedge the impact of the epidemic, will fully demonstrate the huge potential of economic digitalization, networking, and intelligent development. (Ma Jing)
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