Digital Life, Business & Production Internet+ Powered by CEBIT 2018: The China’s leading trade fair for digital and industrial technology

2018-6-11

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang stressed in the latest concluded NPC and CPPCC sessions that, “we should continue with our endeavor to promote Internet Plus by advancing the extensive application of big data, cloud computing and the Internet of Things, as well as pushing for the flourish of newly emerging industries and the transformation of traditional industries.” Internet+ Powered by CEBIT is not only the leading trade show for IT and industrial technology in China, but also a trendsetter in the circle of internet+.

Internet+ Powered by CEBIT 2018 is going to be held at Guangdong Tanzhou International Convention and Exhibition Center on October 24-27, 2018. Themed with “Digital Life, Business & Production”, the expo will set up six sectors of Internet Frontier Technology, Digital Business, Digital Life, Innovation & Startups, Smart Manufacturing and Robotics, covering a total display area of 50,000 sqm with more than 10% increase. 

Powered by CEBIT, two new sectors established
Last year, the show introduced the core resources and global network of CEBIT to offer the exhibitors an international top level platform for brand promotion, technical exchange and industrial cooperation. Cooperating with CEBIT again, this year’s fair will introduce its two debuted themes: d!conomy and d!tec. As a new economic form, digital economy is becoming an important engine of driving economic reform in terms of its quality, efficiency and impetus. It is also a strategic highlight of current global industrial competition and new impetus of boosting real economy and accelerating its transformation and upgrading. d!conomy area will focus on digital office, workflow and data management, security, telecommunication, equipment and infrastructure, displaying the pragmatic solution and technology for enterprises and the government to realize business digitalization. d!tec area is committed to carrying out digital transformation of business models through revolutionary technologies and exploring the future of digitalization. 

Global meeting points for business
Digitalization is a hot topic for industry executives. The expo will provide exhibitors and visitors more innovative products and better experience of the digital era. Based on the 656 exhibitors of last year, this year, the proportion of overseas exhibitors will continue to increase to an estimated 20%. Internet+ Powered by CEBIT is the established meeting point for all of these influencers. “Business leaders and politicians in China visit the show to keep up with the latest technology trends and challenges in the manufacturing and digitization branches,” explained Gary Liu, managing director of the show organizer Hannover Milano Fairs Shanghai Ltd. 

Foshan City continuously boosting its digital economy
As a successful example of “Made in China 2025” and the host city, Foshan, located in Guangdong Province China is speeding up the development of digital economy and promoting the integrated development of the real economy and the digital economy. In 2017, the regional GDP of Foshan was 954.96 billion yuan, with a year-on-year growth of 8.55%. Among them, computer, telecommunication and other digital equipment manufacturing industries registered a year-on-year growth of 16.9%. In the future, Foshan will develop additive manufacturing, high-performance medical apparatus, intelligent manufacturing equipment and automatic control system and other high-end manufacturing equipment, carrying out experimental programs of digital workshop and smart factory and promoting manufacturing industry to the development of digitalization, networking and intelligence. 

Supportive events to enrich the show
Internet+ Powered by CEBIT is not only a showcasing platform, but also a big forum for participants to share in-depth views and knowledge. Gary Liu said, “As the leading professional exhibition of Internet+ technological achievements displaying and trading, the Internet+ Expo will promote the innovative development of the Internet, big data and artificial intelligence through its co-sharing platform.” He added, “Guided by the two important national strategies of Internet Plus and “Made in China 2025”, the expo will offer human-machine cooperation, industrial networked products, smart products and integrated solutions to contribute to the transformation and upgrading of China’s traditional industries.”

In addition to the hundreds of exhibits, the four-day show features a series of professional forums co-organized with Fraunhofer IFF and ZVEI. Many senior experts, academicians and entrepreneurs will be invited to discuss how to build a digital Foshan, accelerate the manufacturing industry’s transformation and upgrading directed by smart manufacturing, boosting newly emerging industries and promoting the further integration of industrial network, big data, artificial intelligence and real economy manufacturing industry.