National Exhibition Industry "Hard Core" Epidemic Prevention 6 Exhibition Cancelled 210 Delays

Since the outbreak of the new coronavirus pneumonia, the whole country has attached great importance to it. In order to block the spread of pneumonia epidemic situation and do a good job in the prevention and control of epidemic situation, many places in the country have issued a notice to stop the exhibition activities, and the organizers of the relevant exhibitions have responded positively. According to incomplete statistics of China exhibition network, as of 18 February 12th, 6 exhibitions were cancelled nationwide, and 210 exhibitions were postponed.

In twenty-first Century, the economic news reporter noted that most of the postponed and cancelled exhibitions were in March and 2, especially in March, and more than 100 exhibitions were postponed. In April, 28 exhibitions were postponed.

The epidemic has a huge impact on the exhibition industry. The Ministry of Commerce has also taken measures to help foreign trade reduce losses. People interviewed by reporters have confidence in the rebound in demand after the end of the epidemic, claiming that the exhibition business in the second half of the year will be quite busy.

210 exhibition delays

The Shanghai Municipal Commerce Commission issued a notice to the major exhibition units in Shanghai on 30 January. At present, Shanghai has launched a major response mechanism for public health emergencies. In order to effectively implement the "abolition of various types of large-scale public activities", it will suspend all kinds of exhibition activities to be held in February 2020, and make every effort to effectively and effectively prevent and control the epidemic of new coronavirus pneumonia.

Reporters learned from the China Exhibition online that, considering the current epidemic situation and its impact on the international community, many of the original plans to be held in Shanghai in 2-3 were cancelled or postponed. In the evening of February 11th, the SPINEXPO organizers decided to cancel the SPINEXPOTM2020 spring and Summer Exhibition, which was scheduled to be held on February 25-26-27 at the Shanghai World Expo exhibition hall.

On the afternoon of February 12th, the PHARMCHINA national drug fairs announced that the eighty-third drug trade fair, held in April, was postponed to the end of May. Reporters noted that only 12 days a day, 8 large exhibitions were postponed, of which 6 were exhibitions in Shanghai.

This is not a unilateral action of Shanghai. Guangzhou, which has a large pavilion such as Pazhou Exhibition Hall, poly World Trade Expo Hall, has also taken relevant actions. On February 3rd, the Canton Fair exhibition hall announced that all exhibition activities were suspended. The notice said that in order to resolutely win the epidemic prevention and control, and better protect the safety and health of the exhibition merchants, the fair will strictly implement the relevant requirements of the Ministry of Commerce, Guangdong and Guangzhou on epidemic prevention and control, and suspend all exhibition activities. "The exhibition hall will maintain close communication with relevant government departments. Once the latest news of the exhibition is resumed, we will inform you in time." The Pauli World Trade Fair also issued a notice of suspension of the exhibition in February 5th.

In February 6th, the Zhengzhou International Convention and Exhibition Center announced that the Zhengzhou International Convention and Exhibition Center will strictly suspend the recent exhibition activities in strict accordance with the requirements and deployment of Henan and Zhengzhou municipal governments. The exhibitions and other events scheduled for 2 and March of this year will be cancelled or postponed for further notice.

Under the situation of epidemic prevention and control, various exhibition activities in Jiangsu have also been cancelled accordingly. In addition, Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center, Wuhan International Exhibition Center, Qingdao International Convention and Exhibition Center, Changchun International Convention and Exhibition Center, Gansu International Exhibition Center, Ningbo International Convention and Exhibition Center have recently announced the suspension or suspension of exhibition activities. The new exhibition will be announced according to the epidemic situation.

It is not just the large-scale suspension of the mainland, but also in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. The Hongkong Trade Development Council issued a circular that the Hongkong Trade Development Council Hongkong international diamond, jewellery and pearls exhibition 2020, originally scheduled for 2 to 6 March, and the Hongkong International Trade Fair for the development of Hongkong international trade fair, which were originally scheduled for 4 to 8 March, will be changed to 18 to 21 in May 2020 for the same period at the Asia International Expo. In February 7th, the official website of the Basel art exhibition announced that the 2020 Hongkong Basel art exhibition, originally planned to be held at the Hongkong Convention and Exhibition Center in from March 19th to 21st, was officially abolished. This is the first time in 9 years since the birth of the Basel art exhibition in Hongkong. Prior to this, the chief executive of Macao SAR Yicheng Cheng said that in order to prevent the spread of the epidemic, Macao decided to suspend gambling and related entertainment industry for half a month.

Mitigation is the key.

Tens of thousands of people gathered at large exhibitions and many people attended various activities. Therefore, in February 6th, the Ministry of Civil Affairs issued the "guiding opinions on the prevention and control of new coronavirus pneumonia" by the chamber of Commerce of the National Association of industry. It was observed that before the effective control of the epidemic, the National Association of trade associations would not normally hold all kinds of gathering activities such as annual meetings, exhibitions, seminars, forums, lectures, training and so on.

The opinions pointed out that all the national trade associations should actively cooperate with their respective areas to do a good job in prevention and control work, conscientiously abide by the provisions of the epidemic prevention and control, and the staff will immediately isolate the suspected symptoms and report that the epidemic situation is reported to the relevant departments of the residential streets. It is necessary to take the necessary preventive and control measures conscientiously and refer to the proper arrangements for the resumption of work on the part of enterprises in their respective areas.

Reporters noted that after the introduction of the guidance of the Ministry of civil affairs, the number of exhibitions and activities postponed further expanded. The 53 exhibitions that were held in February have been postponed. In March, more than more than 100 exhibitions were postponed, and even April exhibitions were also affected. According to the statistics of China exhibition network, as of 18:50 p.m. on February 12th, 210 exhibition announcements were postponed and 6 were cancelled. 　

Some brokerages believe that the exhibition industry, as a medium service trade industry, is a large-scale event involving large-scale flow of people. It will definitely stop during the epidemic period even after the outbreak. At present, the cancelled or postponed exhibitions are mainly concentrated at the beginning of the first quarter of this year and the beginning of the two quarter, and this figure may continue to rise. The risk of force majeure caused by the outbreak of the exhibition industry, whether upstream, middle or downstream, is a huge loss of the entire industrial chain, and industrial development will slide into the trough period.

However, after nearly 20 years of gold development, the exhibition industry has been far ahead of the SARS period 17 years ago, no matter how much attention the country has placed on its functions, the number and strength of its participants, the scale and influence of large-scale exhibition activities, the conditions of exhibition facilities and facilities, and the quality of its employees. Therefore, today's MICE industry will be more resistant to risks.

A senior industry executive who has worked in the exhibition industry for over 20 years told reporters that SARS had been carried over in the year, and even if the attack is very heavy, it will certainly be able to recover. He believes that although the recovery period will take several months, the demand for exhibition is hard demand. Once the epidemic slows down and the ban is released, there will be a strong rebound in the exhibition industry. The postponed extension may make the exhibition work in the second half of the year very busy.

Therefore, some experts suggest that the exhibition industry should grasp the closing time and make timely strategic planning, personnel training, facilities maintenance, hardware upgrading, brand promotion and so on.

In addition, the relevant departments of the state are also actively helping enterprises to tide over difficulties. Recently, the general office of the Ministry of Commerce issued the notice on helping foreign trade enterprises to overcome difficulties and reduce losses. It instructed six chambers of Commerce, including textile, light industry, Minmetals, edible soil, electrical and mechanical, medical insurance, and so on. In dealing with the relevant issues, chambers of Commerce will coordinate domestic and foreign exhibition organizations to help the enterprises unable to go abroad to participate in the exhibition properly handle the related issues such as paid fees.