CHINAPLAS 2012 breached the 100,000 mark for visitor registration

Based on preliminary statistics, the recently concluded Chinaplas 2012 recorded 109,858 visitors during the four-day exhibition in Shanghai, of which 28,100 were foreign visitors.  The visitor registration recorded substantial increase from the 94,084 recorded in the 2011 edition.

The show’s popularity is also reflected by the expanded number of foreign pavilions. This year marked the first-time appearance of Thailand pavilion, as well as the return of the Korean pavilion. Eight exhibitors represented the first Thailand pavilion. For the Korean pavilion, the return to Chinaplas this year reflected the stronger ties between the two countries.

Half of the 10 exhibitors in the Korean pavilion are engaged in petrochemical productions, 7 of which are first-time exhibitors. Another major force was the Taiwan pavilion with 62 exhibitors. 

Chinaplas 2012 featured over 2,700 exhibitors from 35 countries and regions with more than 2,500 units of machinery and the latest chemicals and raw materials displayed during the four-day event. The show featured 13 country/region pavilions, including Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, PR China, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom, the United States and aside from the new Thailand and South Korea pavilions.

Benefitting from the booming development of the upstream and downstream economy of China's plastics and rubber industries, as well as the active promotion of the green economic initiatives by the Chinese Government, CHINAPLAS 2012 made a great improvement, as evidenced by the double-digit growth in terms of both show size and the number of exhibitors. Compared with the edition held in Guangzhou in 2011, CHINAPLAS 2012 has expanded in size from 180,000 square meters to 210,000 square meters, representing an increase by 17%.  Also, the show scale has increased by over 40% when compared to the 2010's Shanghai show.  The number of exhibitors also rose by 13% and 28%, respectively. 

Chinaplas 2012 Visitor Figures:
Date     Visitors     Overseas Visitors
4/18     33,287      8,573 (25.75%)
4/19     38,541      9,337 (24.23%)
4/20     27,940      7,547 (27.01%)
4/21     10,090      2,653 (26.29%)
Total   109,858    28,110 (25.59%)