China International Imaging and Photographic Equipment Fair 2007 Will Open Ceremoniously in Shanghai Everbright Convention & Exhibition Center on September 26

China International Imaging and Photographic Equipment Fair 2007 Will Open Ceremoniously in Shanghai Everbright Convention & Exhibition Center on September 26

September 17, 2007

    SHANGHAI, China, Sept. 17 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- As one
of the most professional photography exhibitions in China,
China International Imaging and Photographic Equipment Fair
2007 will be held ceremoniously in the Shanghai Everbright
Convention & Exhibition Center from September 26 to 29.
China and Germany will again join hands this year to deliver
a more authoritative and more influential international
imaging and photographic equipment fair. This fair is
hosted by CCIPT Shanghai Sub-council, Shanghai World Expo
(Group) Co. Ltd., Shanghai Photographers' Association and
Koelnmesse GmbH and organized by Shanghai International
Exhibition Co., Ltd. and Koelnmesse Pte Ltd.  According to
the current statistics, the exhibition space of this fair
will reach 15,000 m2 and about 150 domestic and overseas
manufacturers will showcase their products, including
well-known names such as Kodak, Sony, Fujifilm, Nokia,
Mitsubishi Electric, D.I.M, Noritsu, Mei Tian Pu Tuo,
Sigma,Velbon, Epson (China), Ningxia Xiaoniu, Shanghai
Jinbei and Shanghai Kenko. This fair is expected to attract
more than 20,000 professional visitors from domestic and
overseas imaging industries, including dealers,
distributors, importers, exporters, professional users from
all over the world, amateur photographers from
photographers' associations nationwide, representatives
from chain retailing systems and the press.

    (Logo:
http://www.xprn.com.cn/xprn/sa/20061108114544-37.jpg )

    The imaging market has developed rapidly in China in
recent years. Relevant data shows that the import value of
imaging products reached 2.24 billion US dollars and their
export value reached 7.32 billion US dollars in 2005. The
development momentum of China's imaging market will
continue throughout 2007 as big digital imaging
manufacturers are incessantly introducing new products. The
varieties of products have kept increasing while prices for
products have been continuously dropping, which has
stimulated the continued growth of the digital imaging
market. In addition, China has already become the biggest
photography equipment producer in the world, with a yearly
camera output of almost 100 million, the largest in the
world. The market capacity of digital cameras has reached
10 million in China in 2007, accounting for 1/4 of the
world total. In the next 5-10 years, traditional imaging
and digital imaging will depend on each other and develop
together. 

    The scope of exhibits at this fair include cameras and
related accessories; photography and demonstrations; video,
audio and digital media; video, imaging technology,
accessories and late-stage processing; household and mobile
electronic devices; digital imaging and publications;
publishing systems; extra varieties; equipment for photo
studios; lighting and lighting technology; equipment and
systems for late-stage production; processing of orders for
late-stage production; recovery units for late-stage
production; working materials for late-stage production;
audio technology; studios; stages and posing techniques;
hardware and software for transmitting imaging data;
imaging processing equipment and systems; structural units
and semi-finished products, about 20 different varieties of
exhibits in all and covering almost all fields of the
imaging and photographic equipment industry. Of special
mention are: imaging transmission, imaging storage and
processing, imaging output, and imaging transference and
services, which will all be introduced for the first time
at this fair in order to accommodate the needs of the
imaging market. 

    A series of excellent supporting activities will be
launched during the fair. The sponsors will invite Deng
Wei, a famous Chinese portrait photographer, and Yu
Yuntian, a famous Chinese landscape photographer, to
deliver lectures on photography at the fair. The two
masters in China's photography circle will give lectures
entitled "Portrait Photography--Basis for Photography
and Modeling" and "Beautiful China and Yuntian's
Overseas Tours" in the Shanghai Everbright
International Hotel on September 26 in the afternoon and in
the morning respectively. Moreover, GfK will give a lecture
entitled "Development Trends of Global Imaging
Industry--from Japan to the American Market" and Photo
Imaging News will hold the "Summit Forum of the Global
Imaging Industry." The "Shanghai Photography Expo
2007" with the theme of a "harmonious
society," the biennial art exhibition and the
highest-level photography exhibition in Shanghai in 2007,
will also open to vast numbers of visitors and amateur
photographers during this fair. The highlights of this
photography exhibition will feature high-quality
photographs, especially documentary photography and concept
photography. What's more, the sponsors will hold the 11th
Shanghai Camera Exchange Meeting and invite dealers in
second-hand cameras from Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Shanghai
to participate. The dealers will have large- and
medium-frame professional cameras, lenses and digital
cameras in brands such as Linhof, TOYO, Housemark,
Hasselblad, Schneider, Rodenstock and Fujifilm. 

    About Shanghai International Exhibition Co., Ltd.
(SIEC) 

    Shanghai International Exhibition Co., Ltd. (SIEC) is
jointly invested in by Shanghai World Expo (Group) Co.,
Ltd. and the Council for the Promotion of International
Trade, Shanghai. The SIEC was founded on July 1st, 1984
with the approval of the Ministry of Foreign Trade &
Economic Cooperation and the People's Government of
Shanghai Municipality. 

    The SIEC is a full member of Union des Foires
Internationales (UFI). The SIEC has held 500 international
exhibitions of various themes and sizes. It also has
successfully held a number of solo exhibitions at national
level. 

    "AUTO SHANGHAI", "SHANGHAITEX",
"CHINA CYCLE", "FASHION SHANGHAI",
"ELE/PT COMM CHINA" are among the first eight
exhibitions approved excellent by The Evaluation Committee
of Shanghai Conventional & Exhibition Industries.

    For more information, please contact:

     Rice Song
     Shanghai International Exhibition Co., Ltd.
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