In the past three years, the COVID-19 has brought varying degrees of impact and pressure to the global economy and various industries, including the rubber and plastic industry. In response to changes in national policies, market environment, and demand, the rubber and plastic industry is facing challenges and constantly adjusting its development direction and pace. We look forward to seizing a new round of opportunities for high-quality development and high-level opening up as China's economy recovers strongly. The "CHINAPLAS 2023 International Rubber and Plastic Exhibition" is scheduled to be held at the Shenzhen International Convention and Exhibition Center from April 17 to 20, 2023, seizing the time and opportunity. This is the first rubber and plastic industry exhibition held in China after the smooth transition of epidemic prevention and control, committed to building a large stage for the industry to cover the entire industrial chain for high-tech release and exchange, and to explore commercial cooperation.

The opening ceremony is approaching, and the organizer of the exhibition, Yashi Exhibition Services Co., Ltd., held an online and offline Chinese and foreign press conference on "CHINAPLAS 2023 International Rubber and Plastic Exhibition" in Shenzhen today (March 29). Yashi General Manager Leung Yaqi stated at the meeting: In the past year, the uncertainty and uncertainty of the overall environment have increased the difficulty of preparing for exhibitions. However, the scale of this exhibition still reaches a new high, with a total exhibition area of 380000 square meters, an increase of 8.6% compared to the 2021 exhibition. For the first time, we have opened a total of 18 exhibition halls at the Shenzhen International Convention and Exhibition Center, which is encouraging and reflects the industry's increased confidence in the market and full expectations. The exhibition has collaborated with more than 3900 global exhibitors Adhering to the theme of high-quality development and vigorously developing advanced manufacturing industry, we will work together with the industry to move towards high-end manufacturing, intelligent manufacturing, and green manufacturing

△More than 100 media outlets from both domestic and foreign countries participated in the press conference in an online and offline manner.

Seize the opportunity and promote advanced manufacturing industry

Developing advanced manufacturing industry is an important manifestation of high-quality development. Focusing on the high-end, intelligent, and green development of the manufacturing industry, the "CHINAPLAS 2023 International Rubber and Plastic Exhibition" launched high-quality rubber and plastic innovative solutions and a high-quality concurrent event.

High quality exhibitors+high specification activities promote the high-end development of the rubber and plastic industry. The exhibition gathers over 3900 high-quality exhibitors from both domestic and foreign countries, including leading enterprises such as BASF, DuPont, LG Chemical, Evonik, Mitsubishi Chemical, Baoli Plastics, Liande Bassel, Bolu, Kline, Sinopec, Wanhua Chemical, PetroChina, China Chemical Plastics, Jinfa, Water, Abbott, Bruckner, Engel, Zhenxiong, Haitian International, Izmi, Jinwei, Bochuang, Shaanxi Beiren, Liansu, Terui, etc, Launch a massive number of innovative solutions, including over 200 global/Asian development technology projects. It is expected that more than 1400 material suppliers and 3000 machinery will compete on the same platform, helping to achieve intelligence, efficiency, cost reduction, and carbon reduction.

The "specialized, refined, and innovative" enterprises are an important engine for high-quality economic development and an indispensable force to break through the "bottleneck" technology. Among the current exhibitors, over 400 have been awarded the title of "specialized, refined, and innovative" enterprises, with over 100 being recognized as "little giants" enterprises. On the first day of the exhibition, the first "Specialized, Refined, and New Rubber and Plastic 'Star Power' to Assist in the High Quality Development of the Rubber and Plastic Industry Exchange Conference and Awarding Ceremony" will be held. Standing on the CHINAPLAS world stage, the "star" force of specialization, refinement, and innovation will shine even more brightly under the spotlight. The birth of breakthrough technologies often stems from the spirit of continuous improvement in research and development and the courage to innovate. At the same time, the exhibition launched the "Scientists Forum", which links polymer science and applications. Academicians from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Engineering, the Canadian Academy of Engineering, the Royal Canadian Academy of Sciences, the Russian Academy of Engineering, well-known scientists in the industry, and top executives of brand enterprises in the industry will share academic achievements, cutting-edge views, and first-line industry experience in the polymer and application fields, discuss the upgrading and transformation of the rubber and plastic industry, and gather new ideas for the future. In addition, the "Technology Forum" will release more than 30 innovative technologies, and "Design x Innovation" will stimulate participants' creative inspiration through the sharing of design experts and their works.

Intelligence and greening have become key words in the rubber and plastic industry. High production efficiency, cost reduction, low pollution, and low energy consumption are the demands of many production enterprises. The exhibition has established a dedicated area for injection molding and intelligent manufacturing, where nearly 330 outstanding exhibitors showcase advanced automation and robotics technologies and other intelligent manufacturing solutions in all aspects, helping to improve production efficiency and optimize production processes, and accelerating the digital transformation of the manufacturing industry. Viewers can also be exposed to advanced 3D printing materials, technologies, and hardware in the 3D technology zone, gaining a deeper understanding of the advantages of this technology in accelerating product development and production, as well as reducing costs. In addition, visitors can find comprehensive sustainable solutions for environmentally friendly materials, processing technologies, and finished products in multiple themed areas, including recycled plastics, bioplastics, recycling and recycling technology, and newly established innovative technology products. The "Fourth CHINAPLAS x CPRJ Plastic Recycling and Recycling Economy Forum and Exhibition" held the day before the exhibition invited Chinese and foreign government officials, industry organizations, brand merchants, material and machinery suppliers, etc. to discuss the progress of global plastic recycling economy policies and market changes.

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Smooth foreign trade and accelerate the deepening of global connectivity

Valuing the comprehensive factor cost advantage of Southeast Asia, many brand enterprises have set up factories and invested in Southeast Asia in order to obtain origin certification, avoid tariff barriers, and layout the supply chain. The rubber and plastic machinery and materials from China, with their technology comparable to international standards, excellent durability and stability, and high cost-effectiveness, are highly favored by the Southeast Asian market, creating favorable conditions for inviting overseas visitors to the exhibition. After three years, buyers from overseas, especially Southeast Asia, have accumulated a large amount of demand and enthusiasm for coming to China to search for suppliers and partners. Since the beginning of this spring, the number of pre registered overseas visitors to the exhibition has skyrocketed all the way; The feedback from the visiting group is also satisfactory. Currently, more than 30 overseas units have expressed their interest in organizing visiting groups to observe the exhibition, including countries and regions such as Indonesia, Thailand, India, Vietnam, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, South Korea, Pakistan, Russia, Brazil, etc. Among them are plastic associations and end user associations, such as the Indonesian Packaging Federation, the Thai Plastic Industry Association Thailand Automotive Parts Manufacturers Association, Indian Plastics Federation, Vietnam Plastics Association, Vietnam Electronics Industry Association, Malaysia Bottled Water Manufacturers Association, Malaysia Manufacturers Alliance, Malaysia Plastic Recycling Association, Malaysia Plastic Manufacturers Association, Philippines Plastic Industry Association, Pakistan Plastic Manufacturers Association, etc. The organizers predict that the number of overseas visitors to the "CHINAPLAS 2023 International Rubber and Plastic Exhibition" will return to more than half of the pre pandemic level, mainly from Asia, especially Southeast Asia.

With orders and procurement needs, overseas visitors are planning to come to Shenzhen for a "Spring Date" to seize the golden procurement season for procurement and business negotiations. Do Thi Thuy Huong, Executive Director of the Vietnam Electronics Industry Association, stated that a visiting delegation composed of major Vietnamese electronics industry manufacturers will be organized to CHINAPLAS to learn about partners and business and investment opportunities in China and Vietnam. Sompol Tanadumrongsak, Chairman of the Thai Automotive Parts Association, expressed his expectation of creating business opportunities between Thailand and China after a gap of three to four years, when discussing the upcoming CHINAPLAS. Aaron Timothy Lao, President of the Philippine Plastic Industry Association, said that over 60 members will be visiting the exhibition, and everyone is looking forward to the new trends and technologies showcased by exhibitors from China and around the world on CHINAPLAS.

△Overseas Plastic Association and End User Association eagerly anticipate the upcoming exhibition。

Welcome in "and" go out ", with one in and one out foreign trade rebounding and improving, and personnel exchanges between China and foreign countries are gradually moving towards normalization. Starting from February 6th, personnel exchanges between mainland China and Hong Kong and Macao have fully resumed; Starting from March 15th, Chinese visa agencies stationed abroad resumed the issuance of various types of visas for foreigners to visit China (including tourist visas), and visa free arrangements for groups of foreigners from Hong Kong and Macao entering Guangdong were also resumed. The "CHINAPLAS 2023 International Rubber and Plastic Exhibition" is poised to take off and is ready to welcome audiences from all over the world. In terms of exhibitors, this exhibition is still highly sought after by global exhibitors, including exhibition groups from 9 countries and regions such as Austria, France, Germany, Italy, the UK, Japan, and Taiwan. Overseas exhibitors account for about 25% of the exhibitors.

Together with the global rubber and plastic industry, "embark on a new journey, shape the future, and innovate for win-win results"

At the meeting, the leaders of the exhibition organizer and multiple co organizers interpreted the current situation of the plastic industry from multiple dimensions and made predictions and suggestions. In 2022, the national plastic product industry completed a production of 77.716 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 4.3%; The revenue and profit of China's plastic machinery industry decreased by 7% and 11% respectively year-on-year; The profit margin remains at 10%, higher than the 6% profit margin level of the mechanical industry during the same period. Entering 2023, the Chinese economy is facing a good momentum of stabilization and recovery, and various industries have sounded the horn of full economic cooperation. Plastic, as an important basic industry in the manufacturing industry, is about to welcome a new round of development opportunities.

Wang Zhanjie, Chairman of the China Plastics Processing Industry Association, pointed out at the meeting that the government has intensively introduced various encouragement and support policies, which are conducive to the development of the industry. He also put forward multiple industry suggestions, including adhering to the "five modernizations" technological innovation leadership of functionalization, lightweight, precision, ecology, and intelligence; Promote the continuous deepening of green, sustainable, and dual carbon work. Su Dongping, Executive Vice President of the China Plastic Machinery Industry Association, believes that the new energy vehicle industry and the health sector hold opportunities, and China's plastic machinery industry has broad prospects for "going global". Key investments and major engineering projects have started construction one after another, forming a physical workload and providing strong support for the stable growth of the industry from the market level. Fu An, President of the Guangdong Plastic Industry Association, stated that the high-quality development of the plastic processing industry in Guangdong Province has shown significant results: the total profit of the industry has increased significantly, with the growth rate higher than the growth rate of production and operating income. In 2022, Guangdong's automobile production increased by 22%, a high growth rate in recent years. The consumption demand of Guangdong's high-performance plastic application industry is conducive to supporting the high-quality development of the plastic industry.

This year's "Government Work Report" proposed that the expected target for China's GDP growth in 2023 is around 5%, focusing on expanding domestic demand, accelerating the construction of a modern industrial system, strengthening the support of technological innovation for industrial development, promoting energy conservation, carbon reduction, and pollution reduction in key areas, and accelerating the renovation of old residential areas and dilapidated houses. In the view of Liang Yaqi, the general manager of Yashi Exhibition Services Co., Ltd., this will drive the demand and development of the plastic industry in both quality and quantity, and also inject a strong shot into the recovery of the entire plastic upstream and downstream.

At the meeting, Ma Ruibo, the Managing Director of Dusseldorf Exhibition (China) Co., Ltd., also brought exciting news. Dr. Stephan Keller, the Mayor of Dusseldorf, will visit China for the first time in his capacity as the Mayor of Dusseldorf, visiting the "CHINAPLAS 2023 International Rubber and Plastic Exhibition", which clearly indicates that he attaches great importance to this exhibition and his relationship with China. Dusseldorf Exhibition (China) Co., Ltd. formed an alliance with Yashi in 2005 and became one of the co organizers of the "CHINAPLAS International Rubber and Plastic Exhibition". Dusseldorf Exhibition Group is a listed company owned by the city of Dusseldorf. The Mayor of Dusseldorf is also the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Dusseldorf Exhibition Group.

△Wang Zhanjie, Chairman of the China Plastics Processing Industry Association。

△Su Dongping, Executive Vice President of China Plastic Machinery Industry Association。

△Fu An, President of Guangdong Plastic Industry Association。

△Liang Yaqi, General Manager of Yashi Exhibition Services Co., Ltd。

△Ma Ruibo, Managing Director of Dusseldorf Exhibition (China) Co., Ltd。

Spring returns to the earth, and China is full of vitality. The exhibition industry plays an important role in stabilizing the economy and promoting development. Since the beginning of this year, the exhibitions have been densely held, and the flow of people and logistics has been efficiently integrated. For the upcoming "CHINAPLAS 2023 International Rubber and Plastic Exhibition" annual event, both exhibitors, audiences, associations, media and other industry insiders have high hopes. The exhibition will be held in mid April, at the beginning of the new fiscal year, and is a crucial time for buyers to resume face-to-face high-quality communication with domestic and foreign suppliers and partners. As the plastic and rubber industry exhibition in Asia, "CHINAPLAS 2023 International Rubber and Plastic Exhibition" will "step on the accelerator" and fully unleash its power to welcome visitors from all continents.

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The integration of online and offline has become a new model and new normal in the exhibition industry. In addition to physical exhibitions, the exhibition organizers are fully launching the "CPS+online supply and demand docking platform" to help rubber and plastic upstream and downstream enterprises communicate efficiently online and prepare for offline meetings. Downstream buyers can easily find rubber and plastic suppliers from around the world with just a click of the mouse, solving procurement and production difficulties.