2016 Hainan International Tourism Trade Expo themed by “high end, fashion, trend and taste” was opened grandly at Beauty Crown of Sanya on March 26. The opening ceremony was hosted by Wang Keqiang, the Deputy Director-general of Hainan Provincial Department of Commerce and Director of Provincial Exhibition Bureau. Lv Yong, the Director-general of Hainan Provincial Department of Commerce addressed the opening ceremony.
Multiple summit forums and promotional activities held on the ceremony opening day attracted attention of government departments of all levels and inside & outside the industry, which are priority of Hainan Tourism Trade Expo. Among them, 2016 Hainan Provincial summit forum for innovative development of exhibition industry was jointly hosted by Hainan Provincial Department of Commerce and China Convention and Exhibition Society, with the forum theme being “innovative development creating new heights of Hainan exhibition”.
The forum invited important guests from Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Commerce, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, China (Hainan) Institute for Development and Reform, China Convention and Exhibition Society, Boao Forum for Asia and Shanghai National Convention and Exhibition Center to participate in the Fair and make keynote speeches. They and people of Hainan provincial exhibition industry research and discussed the development of Hainan exhibition industry and gave advice on improving the competitiveness of destination city for Hainan exhibition; formed new thoughts, new concepts and new ideas for development of Hainan exhibition industry through exchanges of ideas, so as to lead development of Hainan exhibition industry during the “13th five-year plan” period.
In investment promotion of Hainan Expo, Haikou high-tech zone also adhered to the “innovative” ideas, planned and arranged key promotional projects, including Meian “new medicine valley”, Meian “low-carbon manufacturing industrial park” + “high-tech industrial park”, Haikou high-tech zone business incubator and Sainuo Moli 1988 cultural creative industrial park. In addition, high-tech products displayed in the exhibition hall of high-tech zone left a deep impression on visitors, as intelligent robots, solar ark and pure electric vehicles all contain high technology and innovative ideas and innovative development is becoming a new card of Haikou.
As the key supported project of Hainan province in the next five years and Hainan No.1 engineering of western tourism, China Hainan Ocean Flower Island was invited to participate in this session of Hainan Expo. At the Expo, Hainan Ocean Flower Island signed strategic cooperation agreement with China Convention and Exhibition Society, the Organizing Committee of CMIC and Hainan HIMICE Convention & Exhibition Co., Ltd., and signed the cooperation agreement with HIMICE about introducing “2018 UNCFA finals” into Ocean Flower Island.
Ocean Flower Island Industry Group and HIMICE will carry out depth cooperation in the fields of marketing, MICE, convention and exhibition following the principle of exerting both parties’ advantages and realizing resource complementation. Establishing long-term strategic cooperative relationship with HIMICE Convention & Exhibition Co., Ltd. is helpful for Ocean Flower Island international convention & exhibition city to start the new situation of developing Hainan exhibition industry of the eastern part and western part simultaneously, and indicates that Hainan exhibition industry will meet a new pattern for all-form MICE of Ocean Flower Island.
As the official partner of Hainan Expo, HIMICE Exhibition & Communication Group is responsible for reception of VIP, as well as design, building and management of outdoor booths in the cities and counties of Hainan province, assisting in special activities, such as collective contract signing ceremony of Hainan Expo, Hainan provincial summit forum for innovative development of exhibition industry, Haikou high-tech industrial park promotion, and providing creative design, venue layout, lighting & audio equipment and site management services for eight forums including Hainan provincial E-business development forum and investment promotion, Hainan tourism investment promotion and Hainan provincial tropical characteristic and high-efficiency agriculture investment promotion.
On March 27, Zhang Qi, the Secretary of Standing Committee of Provincial Committee and Sanya Municipal Party Committee visited Hainan Fair, and HIMICE, as the official partner of Hainan Fair, accompanied the leaders from the provincial department of commerce for visit. During visiting, Secretary Zhang learned the condition of company operation and its future planning and layout from Ms. Chen Die, the project director of HIMICE. In addition, he instructed Li Baiqing, the deputy mayor of Sanya Municipal Government to host the exhibition enterprise symposium led by HIMICE for discussing the ideas, measures, timetable and roadmap for development of Sanya exhibition industry.