CHENGDU, Mar. 29 (Xinhua) -- The four-day 2018 China International Alcoholic Drinks Expo (CIADE 2018) concluded in the “city of Chinese liquor”, Luzhu in southwest China’s Sichuan Province, registering 2.3 million visits and 271 alcoholic drink deals with an intent transaction value of 37.2 billion yuan signed.
With an exhibition area of more than 80,000 square meters, the venue includes Chinese Excellent Baijiu Products Pavilion, International Excellent Products Pavilion, China General Pavilion, International General Pavilion & Belt and Road Pavilion and Alcoholic Equipment & Packaging Materials Pavilion.
More than 1,200 enterprises from 38 countries and regions joined this year’s expo bringing more than 5,000 alcoholic drinks products.
During the expo, 2.3 million visits were paid online or offline and nearly 10 million yuan of alcoholic drinks products were traded in cash.
By March 28, the number of online visits exceeded 50 million and 14.19 million yuan of alcoholic drinks products were sold online.
At the investment and trade fair & contract-signing ceremony for South Sichuan Port Area of China (Sichuan) Pilot Free Trade Zone held on March 26, 40 projects including the MG-Rover (high-tech) new energy vehicle industrial park project were signed, with a total investment of 35.135 billion yuan.
With the theme "Wine Here We Here", the CIADE 2018 is hosted by China Alcoholic Drinks Association (CADA), supported by the People's Government of Sichuan Province, China National Light Industry Council and China Economic Information Service, and co-organized by Sichuan Provincial Department of Commerce, Sichuan Bureau of Expo Affairs and Luzhou Municipal People's Government.
The expo gathered 3,000 guests and 2,400 of them are exhibitors, dealers and purchasers.
In addition, a series of activities took place during the expo including a liquor tasting contest, assessment of 2017 "Qingzhuo Awards" for new alcoholic drinks products, 2018 Best Alcoholic Bottle Design Competition and 2018 China International Alcoholic Drinks Industry Development Forum. (Edited by Yang Qi, kateqiyang@xinhua.org)
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