The 2020 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) opens on September 4 at the China National Convention Center in Beijing. The first major international economic and trade event held in China since the novel coronavirus outbreak has garnered the participation of 18,000 companies and institutions from 148 countries and regions.
Combining various expos like the China Beijing International Cultural Industry Expo, Beijing International Tourism Expo, Beijing International Finance Expo, and World Winter Sports (Beijing) Expo, the CIFTIS focuses on services-driven sectors pertaining to culture, finance, winter sports, tourism, service robots, education, and 5G communication by setting up a comprehensive exhibition, eight thematic exhibitions, and several functional service areas, namely the model of “1+8+N.”
Considering the globally still raging COVID-19, the CIFTIS has put together online forums, exhibitions, and platforms for meetings and negotiations. During its six-day duration, the 2020 CIFTIS will hold hundreds of summit forums, thematic forums, and industrial conferences, release the most updated technologies, products, and demonstration service cases, as well as policy white papers, industrial standards, and development indexes among many others.
Situated in the Beijing Olympic Park, different thematic exhibition areas are adorned in different colors, making it for easy to navigation, for example, the orange-colored area for cultural services exhibition, the blue one for winter sports, and yellow for financial services, dazzling visitors with their arrays of novel technologies and service products.
The 2020 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) opens on September 4 at China National Convention Center in Beijing. Photos by Yu Jie
A TV anchor gets ready to brief viewers about the CIFTIS outside the China National Convention Center in Beijing.
The China National Convention Center is all set for the opening of 2020 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) on September 4.
The Linglong Pagoda in the Beijing Olympic Park is decorated with welcoming banners.
Integrated with the CIFTIS, the 2020 World Winter Sports (Beijing) Expo further accentuates the important status of the winter sports industry in the global trade in services.
Different thematic exhibition areas of the 2020 CIFTIS are color-coded by different colors in the Beijing Olympic Park.
The thematic exhibition areas of the 2020 CIFTIS in the Beijing Olympic Park.
