China Print 2017, also known as the 9th Beijing International Printing Technology Exhibition, will be held on 9–13 of May, 2017, at the New China International Exhibition Centre. The exhibition will feature ‘green, efficient, digitalized and intelligent’ themes and advocate the development philosophies of innovation, coordination, green, open and sharing across eight themed halls named Comprehensive Printing Hall, Printing Equipment Hall, Digital Printing Hall, Label Printing Hall, Post-press Hall, Packaging Hall, Equipment/Consumables Hall, Frontier Technology Hall. China Print is estimated to attract over 1,300 exhibitors covering a total exhibition area of 160,000 square metres and more than 200,000 visitors from all over the world.
Jian’guo Xu, president, Printing and Printing Equipment Industries Association of China (PEIAC), one of the hosts of the exhibition, pointed out despite the global economic challenges, the support provided by global printing companies has exceeded their expectations.
“This illustrates the potential of China’s print industry and the importance of China’s print market. China Print has always been supported and paid close attention by the government, printing and printing-related industries associations. In recent years, proactive financial strategies and prudent monetary policies have been adopted by Chinese government, aimed at maintaining stability when confronted with the complex and rapidly changing global economy. Thus, China has managed to achieve an increase of 6.7% in 2016’s GDP, which demonstrates the solidity of its domestic economic status and the successful implementation of the schemes,” he said.
According to The Statistics of Annual Examination of Printing Enterprises released by the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television of the People’s Republic of China, in 2015, the total output value of China’s printing industry reached 1,124.62 billion Chinese Yuan. The gross value of assets of China’s printing industries is 1,235.73 billion Chinese Yuan, including 69.86 billion in gross profit and 86.52 billion in the foreign processing trade. The total value of China’s printing industry in 2015 increased of 3.6% compared to 2014.
