Date: 21-MAY-09 to 23-MAY-09
Venue: Guangzhou International Convention & Exhibition

Exhibition Geographical Advantages

Xinjiang is located heartland of Asia and Europe . Mid-Asian market circle has become the 4th biggest world market circle following North-America, EU, and East-Asia. Urumqi is the capital of Xinjiang. This city is the political, economic center of Xinjiang. Furthermore, Urumqi is an important international trade centre in West China .Urumqi is the bridge linking Asia and Europe .

With the development of west-China, the construction materials market in Xinjiang accelerates booming.The total products value of Xinjiang construction materials is 737,000,000 dollars in 2004. It shares around 25% in West – China construction material market .The total production value of Urumqi is 250,000,000 dollars, about 33% in Xinjiang construction material,increasing more than 14% compared with the same period of 2004.

Professional service of international exhibition company

The organizer company is ITE group plc, which is an international exhibition cooperation in the world. ITE is now involved in organizing over 200 events per year in over 17 countries such as UK , Russia , Kazakhstan , Turkey , Ukraine etc. ITE has organized MosBuild, BalticBuild, KievBuild, AstanaBuild, Uzbuild, kazbuild, BakuBuild successfully. All of them are the biggest exhibitions in their countries. Now ITE started to launch new events in China with its practical and professional services, with aims as‘connect East China and export to central Asia ', the development policy of Xinjiang, and with help of abundant client resources from ITE branch offices in 18 different countries. ITE wishes to take advantages of unique geographic position of Urumqi that links Europe and Asia . Generally, ITE will try its best to build a stage where the building material enterprises will communicate with the potential consumers, cooperate with manufactures, and develop their business.

Practical aims of exhibition

2008 West China International Building Exhibiton was successfully held in Xinjiang international exhibition center,and most of exhibitor showed they would like to participate in WCB2009 next year , according to the questionnaire. With the help of ITE business networks and influence all over the central Asia and Russia , we are very confident that WCB2009 will attract more powerful and eager exhibitors to attend this exhibition, and at the same time, more professional visitors will come to Xinjiang on the way of developing their business.

Successful first event for West China Build in 2008

West China Build 2008, the first exhibition for the building and interiors industry in West China, took place on May 14-16 May 2008 in Urumqi , the capital of Xinjiang autonomous region of China .

The event featured 130 exhibitors from China and abroad, attracting over 8,000 visitors. Total exhibition area was 5000 square meters, including 4,500 square meters of indoor exhibition area, and 500 square meters of outdoor exhibition area. The number of visitors reached more than 8,000, including about 8,000 professional visitors from 12 provinces nationwide, and over 600 buyers who made a special trip from Kazakhstan , Uzbekistan , Kyrgyzstan , Iran and Canada and other countries. Sections of exhibition cover windows & doors, ceramics & stone, flooring and equipments ect. The exhibition attracted 130 companies such as Guangdong Anwell Ceramics Co., Ltd., Foshan Yu-shan Ceramics Co., Ltd., Xinjiang Hefeng stone Co., Ltd., Haosheng Stone, Qingdao Lvke, Changzhou Hefong Wood. Among 130 exhibitors were one foreign enterprise, 12 foreign-funded enterprises, 92 enterprises from other provinces, and 25 enterprises within Xinjiang.

West China Build 2008 covers all areas of the building and interiors industries and is divided into the following sectors: Santechnica (kitchen, bathroom ceramics, bathrooms and bathroom fittings), Build (interiors and decorative accessories), Windows & Doors (doors, door systems and aluminium profiles), Hardware & Tools (adhesives, glues, fasteners and iron-mongery), Lighting (light equipment and glass), Build Machinery (construction equipment and electrical equipment), Floor & Stone (stone and stone processing), Glass (glass and glass processing), Heat Vent (central heating and water pipes), Interior Decorations (window curtains and fabrics).

Xinjiang has the largest territory in China , and its location next to the oil-rich states of Central Asia is considered to be of significant benefit for international investors. This was confirmed by exhibitors at West China Build 2008 who reported that substantial contracts were signed during the exhibition.

West China Build was organised by the ITE Group and its local subsidiary, ITECA Xinjiang. It represents a successful venture into a new territory for the company and adds to ITE's portfolio of international and regional building and interiors events taking place annually in nine countries: Russia , Ukraine , Kazakhstan , Uzbekistan , Kyrgyzstan , China , Georgia , Tajikistan and Azerbaijan .

This exhibition was strongly supported by ITE Group, in accordance with international practice and norms of international exhibitions. It also referred to the operating mode of international exhibitions, for example, in the exhibition business exchange area was set up for the communication between exhibitor and visitor. Besides, such work as catalogue production, professional visitor registration also followed the international practice.

ITE Group Plc

Established in 1991, ITE is recognized as the leading organiser of exhibitions and conferences in emerging and developing markets and is the undisputed leader in one of the world's largest most dynamic growth markets – Russia . With approximately 200 events every year in 17 countries, ITE has established a successful formula for launching and developing events in regions and industries that offer significant growth potential. ITE's pre-eminence in core markets such as Russia provides a solid base for the future growth of existing events and launch events in new sectors and new markets. ITE operates to international standards of event organization and is a member of the Union des Foires International and the Association of Exhibition Organization. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange in 2001.

Organizer

ITE Group Plc
105, Salusbury Road,
London, United Kingdom.
Tel: +(44)-(207)-5965000/5965008
Fax: +(44)-(207)-75965111/5965018