Attracted 191,000 visitors from 149 countries and regions; 3,104 exhibitors from 41 countries

 The four days of bauma China 2014, the 7th international trade fair for construction machinery, building material machines, construction vehicles and equipment, between November 25 and 28, attracted 191,000 visitors from 149 countries and regions.

According to the organiser, international buyers in particular were strongly represented at bauma China – their numbers rose by 12 per cent.

After China, the top ten visitor countries and regions abroad were Russia, Korea, Japan, India, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Indonesia – in that order.

bauma China once again occupied all of the exhibition space – a total of 300,000 sq.m. – at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre. This year’s show gathered 3,104 exhibitors from 41 countries compared to 2,718 exhibitors from 38 countries in 2012.

Taking part in bauma China 2014 were 2,097 Chinese exhibitors. Here they presented to the world their key products and standards of excellence. Exhibitors from outside China also featured strongly at the show, and interest in their innovations and advanced technologies was high. This year there was a further rise in the number of international exhibitors. After China, the top five exhibitor countries were Germany, USA, Italy, Korea and Japan. bauma China also featured nine national pavilions, from Austria, Finland, Germany, Italy, Korea, Spain, Turkey, UK and the USA.

This year, for the first time, a business matchmaking system was implemented at bauma China to facilitate contacts between exhibitors and visitors. Visitors were able to search detailed information the exhibitors had posted in the system, and thus target those exhibitors they were specifically interested in. Hundreds of advance contacts were made in this way and meetings arranged for the show.

The next bauma China takes place at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre from November 22 to 25, 2016.

In Shanghai, B2B Purchase spoke to a few trade visitors and presents here their insights on this international event.