International Maritime Industry Exhibition EUROPORT Landing in China

International Maritime Industry Exhibition EUROPORT Landing in China

November 28, 2007

EUROPORT CHINA 2009 to be Held in Tianjin
Key words: Europort China, Europort Maritime, Tianjin
China


    TIANJIN, China, Nov. 28 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Ahoy
Rotterdam declared at the newly-closed international
Maritime Exhibition -- Europort Maritime ¨C- that in 2009
Europort China will be held in Tianjin, the Chinese port
city that's blessed with various opportunities.  Tianjin
People's Government will be the host of the exhibition. 
Ahoy Rotterdam, VNU Exhibitions Asia, Tianjin
Economic-Technological Development Area Administration
Commission, and Tianjin Port Co. Ltd will be the organizers
of this exhibition.

    (Logo:
http://www.xprn.com/xprn/sa/20061103123230-28.jpg )

    The bi-yearly Europort Maritime Exhibition is the top
trading conference in the International Marine Industry,
and one of the biggest events of the International Marine
Vessels industry.  A recent exhibition of its kind in
Holland attracted nearly one thousand exhibiting companies
and more than 31,000 client visitors from shipbuilding,
shipping, river and inland navigation, fishing, dredging,
and port and off-shore industries.  As an internationally
renowned exhibition brand, its influence has stretched to
Romania, Turkey and Qatar.

    Europort China originates from Europort Maritime with
its special features. It is fundamentally different from
other domestic maritime and port exhibitions in that it
focuses on the technologically under-developed fields in
China, such as dredging, special machinery, ship and port
equipment and naval technology.  It opens intellectual
communications between professional corporations in the
industry and their Chinese counterparts.

    Europort Maritime, with considerations of timing,
location and human resources, decided upon Tianjin as its
Asian Exhibition port.

    Timing

    With the stable development of the Chinese economy and
the continuous increase of international trade, the cargo
throughput and the container throughput in China keep
increasing rapidly, ranking number one in the world for
four consecutive years.  It brings about great development
potential to, not only the international marine
transportation industry, but also the shipwright and
sea-port industries.  The government policy of an increased
investment in sea-port construction and international marine
industry, in particular, provides the domestic shipwright
and sea-port facility manufacturing industries with great
business potential.

    At present, the domestic shipwright and sea-port
facility manufacturing industries have reached
international standards in many aspects with a competitive
edge. But China needs to admit that the domestic companies
still have a long way to go in terms of details and
secondary facilities.  China needs a stage to present their
current technology skills in shipwright and sea-port
facility manufacturing industries.  Yet, China also needs a
window to learn systematically the advanced technology
abroad and a platform consistent with the development in
the world in order to broaden horizons and learn about the
international market and competitions. By doing so, China
will stand out in the world's shipwright and sea-port
facility manufacturing. Europort China undoubtedly provides
the country with this excellent trading, learning and
communication channel.  

    Location

    As the marine transportation center in northern China,
Tianjin undoubtedly is the most ideal venue for Europort
China.  In June 2005, Prime Minister Wen Jiabao
investigated the new coastal communities in Tianjin, and
gave the instructions to begin the construction of the
coastal areas to develop Tianjin into a northern center for
marine transportation and international resource
distribution.  The coastal development has already been
listed as one of the strategies of the "11th Five Year
Plan".

    Tianjin, located at the cross-section of
Beijing-Tianjin city loop and round-Bohai Sea economic
circle, is the closest sea-port to inland areas among all
the cities. It's the maritime gateway of the Capital
Beijing and Tianjin. It has international trade relations
with more than 180 countries/districts and more than 400
sea-ports as of today. The throughput brings about huge
demand for transportation and resource distribution
facilities, along with the accessory market, providing the
related businesses with unprecedented business
opportunities.

    The exhibition venue, Tianjin Coastal International
Exhibition Center, is situated in the core economic area of
the Tianjin Coastal New District. The location is blessed
with opportunities.

    Human Resource

    Europort China has gained the full support of the local
government and businesses. The Tianjin People's government
will be involved in the organization and business planning
process of this exhibition as the host. 

    The organizers of this exhibition are an
internationally renowned exhibition agency -- Ahoy
Rotterdam and VNU Exhibitions Asia. Ahoy Rotterdam
organizes around 30 trading and consumer products
exhibitions every year, enjoying 35+ years of experience in
the field. VNU Exhibitions Asia is one of the main-stream
exhibition organizers in China, holding 20+ various
exhibitions yearly.

    The impetus of the development of international marine
transportation industry is in China. Europort China picked
the most ideal timing and location, which gives us the
confidence that this exhibition will become a professional
conference of international marine industry and trading.

    About Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area
(TEDA)

    Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area (TEDA)
was established in 1984 with the approval of the State
Council of the People's Republic of China.  It is one of
the first state-class economic-technological development
areas in the country. 

    TEDA is located in the center of a larger area
bordering Bohai Sea and the east of the Asia-Europe Land
Bridge, thus serving as the gate to the two super cities of
Beijing and Tianjin, and the throat connecting the northeast
of China.  By the end of 2006, 4,299 foreign companies have
landed in TEDA.  Of the Fortune 500 companies, 57
multinational companies, from 10 countries and regions,
including such well-established multinational giants as
Motorola, Samsung and Toyota, invested in 123 enterprises
in TEDA.  In 2000, "Fortune" listed TEDA as one
of the most highly recommended economic areas in China.  In
2002 UNIDO listed TEDA as one of the most dynamic areas of
China together with Shenzhen, Suzhou, Wenzhou, Shanghai
Pudong and Xi'an High-tech Park.




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