China will once again catch the world's attention. On the morning of August 16, 2018, the press conference of 2018 China (Hunan) International Rail Transit Industry Expo & High-level Forum (the Expo and Forum) was held in Beijing, announcing that the Expo and Forum will be held in Hunan from November 14 to November 17 of this year.

The press conference gave a brief introduction to the basic information, schedule and organization of the Expo and Forum. The press conference had nearly 100 attendees, including the major directors from the hosts and organizers, major directors and representatives from the rail transit companies as well as the journalists from central governmental, provincial and municipal presses and rail transit industry.

Ma Fuhai, Vice Chairman and Secretary General of China Railway Society, presided over the press conference.

China Council for the Promotion of International Trade Hunan Sub-council

Vice Chairman Wu Dengguo Offering Press Release

[Exciting News] The Expo and Forum will continue to highlight the theme “Rail Transit Changes the World” and the purpose “Going Global, Cooperation and Consensus, Win-win Benefit”. The Expo and Forum will further give play to the leading role of convention and exhibition industry, respond to the Belt and Road Initiative, serve the “Made in China 2025” strategy, and echo the supply-side structural reform. It will showcase how China’s railway equipment industry, over the past 40 years of reform and opening up, has made strenuous efforts in pursuing new technologies and new achievements through innovation-driven development. It will enhance the global influence of China’s rail transit equipment manufacturing. Guided by government, the Expo and Forum will feature market operation, with enterprises participating in. It will accelerate the nurturing of China’s rail transit exhibition market, and push China’s rail transit industry to go global. It will work to shape famous, future-oriented exhibition brands with global vision and top-notch standards. It will contribute to deeper exchanges and closer cooperation among global rail transit equipment industry, and boost the social and economic development of countries along the Belt and Road.

Speech delivered by Wang Tize, Deputy Secretary General of the People’s Government of Changsha Municipality

[Exciting news] Taking advantage of the Expo and Forum, Changsha will nurture advanced rail transit equipment industry as competitive industrial chain of emerging industry. The city will work to build a world-leading rail transit equipment industrial chain, and join hands with Zhuzhou to shape a world-leading rail transit industrial cluster.

Speech delivered by Tan Wancheng, member of the Standing Committee of CPC Zhuzhou Municipal Committee and Director of United Front Work Department

[Exciting news] The Expo and Forum has been designed as a professional exchange forum of the rail transit field with the highest standard and profound significance. It will come in the form of opening ceremony, keynote speech, commemorative forum honoring the 60th anniversary of China’s electric locomotive, forum of top-caliber talent introduction and innovation-powered industrial development of rail transit, suppliers’ conference of rail transit industry, and other fulfilling thematic sessions.

Investment promotion of Hu Liying,
Investment Promotion Director of the Secretariat of the Organizing Committee of the Expo and Forum

[Exciting news] Highlights: the Expo and Forum will bear more international features; the forums will offer more valuable insights; road show area will showcase small and medium-sized enterprises; more media agencies will cover the event; the benefits of participating in the Expo and Forum: publicity and display, business exchanges, scientific exploration, industrial agglomeration, regional development.

Speech delivered by Rong Liping, Chairman of Hunan Asia Xiang Exhibition Co., Ltd.,
Chairman of Hunan Convention and Exhibition Industry Association, a representative of undertakers

[Exciting news] The Expo and Forum will welcome the audience with warmth and sincerity. We will spare no effort to make preparations, and provide thoughtful services. We will work to present a professional rail transit exhibition platform, facilitate China’s rail transit to go global, and enable the people to live a better life.

Speech delivered by Li Kuo, Chairman of China Metro Group

[Exciting news] The Expo and Forum aims at shaping the largest platform to showcase the achievements and technology of the whole industrial chain of rail transit, to promote information exchange, and facilitate supply-demand negotiation and cooperation. China Metro Group is full of confidence that we can realize the objective and fulfill our historic mission by working together with partners, relevant institutions and enterprises, so as to contribute to the realization of the “Chinese Dream” of national rejuvenation.

Speech delivered by Ma Fuhai, Vice Chairman and Secretary General of China Railway Society

[Exciting news] We hope that by hosting the event, we can pass on the confidence, determination, and patience of Chinese government and people in deepening and expanding reform and opening up. The Expo and Forum is also expected to boost our engagement, cooperation and exchange with leading global rail transit enterprises. We also hope to bring in the latest technologies and achievements of global rail transit industry in innovation-driven development, and to deliver and display new fruits in pushing for the transformation, upgrade, and faster development of China’s rail transit industry.