The main exhibition venue of the 18th WCIF is located in the International Exhibition Center of Western China International Expo City. The total planned exhibition area is about 200,000 square meters, consisting of a theme exhibition area (10 theme pavilions), a special exhibition area (3 professional exhibitions), and an outdoor food exhibition area. Sichuan Export Commodities Exhibition, the 3rd Western China International Maternity, Baby and Children Products Expo & the 2nd Western China (International) Children Culture and Entertainment Expo, and the 12th Western China International Hardware Mechanical& Electrical Expo will be held as parallel sessions. This year’s WCIF will focus on improving the level of informatization, highlight the development of online and offline integration, foster an exhibition service platform supported by modern digital technology, and create an online exhibition platform and an online WCIF HI-GO Shopping Festival. It will strengthen the interactive function of Internet services, realize “cloud showroom”, “cloud business talk”, “cloud signing ceremony”, “cloud promotion”, and “livestreaming sales.” By scanning one QR code visitors will access all updated information about the exhibition. Also, it brings visitors three-dimensional experiences and real-time interaction.
To implement the national strategy of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality, the 19th WCIF sets the WCIF Hydrogen Energy Industry Theme Pavilion & the First Western China International Hydrogen Energy Industry Expo. Focusing on the entire industry chain of "production, storage, transmission, and application", the Expo will highlight the cutting-edge technology, latest achievements, and application scenarios of pioneering enterprises in the hydrogen energy industry, SRDI “little giant” enterprises, demonstration units, hydrogen energy and fuel cell industries, aiming to create a cooperative ecosystem for the whole industry chain of hydrogen energy industry across the central and western regions of China. Concurrently, the 2nd Chengdu International Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Industry Conference & the First Sichuan-Chongqing Hydrogen Industry Ecological Cooperation Conference will also be held.
Through exhibitions and promotions, it will showcase the ethnic culture, folk culture, and red culture of Western China in an all-around manner, aiming to enhance people-to-people exchanges in Western China and promote cultural development and prosperity. (Organizer and Responsible Unit: Sichuan International Expo Group)
At the same time, it adopts the“3 (convention, exhibition, and trade) 1 (data center) N (multi-scenario application)” operation mode, a Digital Exhibition Platform will be utilized to create a WCIF intelligent exhibition system featuring online and offline integration development. The platform can provide guests and businessmen with 24-hour, interactive, and immersive services for exhibition and display, demand release, negotiation and cooperation, and investment promotion.
Focusing on stimulating consumption and boosting domestic demand, the WCIF Lifestyle Market will showcase time-honored Chinese and Sichuan products, featured delicacies and snacks from all over the country, distinctive commodities, trendy products, and cultural and creative products, aiming to enrich the consumer experience, exploit consumption potential, and expand the consumer market.
In line with the national strategy of “Digital China”, the Expo focuses on showcasing leading enterprises in the digital economy, specialized industrial parks, and demonstration units in digital transformation. It also presents the latest application scenarios and benchmark projects of digital technologies such as 5G, artificial intelligence, big data, and cloud computing in empowering digital government, smart society, new-type smart city, industrial internet, green and low-carbon initiatives, and new infrastructure. Concurrently, the Western China International Digital Economy Ecology Cooperation Conference & the 1st Sichuan-Chongqing Digital Industry Collaborative Development Conference will be held.
The 2nd China (Sichuan) Rehabilitation and Assistive Devices Expo aims to promote significant development in the rehabilitation and assistive devices industry in Sichuan and better meet the diverse and multi-level consumption demands of rehabilitation and assistive devices from various special groups throughout the province, including the elderly and the disabled. The main exhibition mainly showcases upper limb prostheses, lower limb prostheses, spinal orthotics, and rehabilitation and assistive devices for lifting & shifting, standing, and walking, as well as respiratory therapy assistive devices, blood circulation assistive devices, phototherapy assistive devices, sensory training assistive devices, visual assistive devices, hearing-aid, etc.
1. Theme
Comfortable and Joyful elderly Life in Sichuan
2. Time, Venue, and Scale
June 29 to July 3, 2023
Western China International Expo City
24,000 square meters
3. Exhibition
Theme Exhibition:
Exhibition Area for Sichuan's Theme Cities,
International Senior Care Demonstration Exhibition Area
Sichuan-Chongqing Cooperation Senior Care Demonstration Exhibition Area
Professional Exhibition:
Smart Care: Smart and Healthy Senior Care
Residential Care: Livable and Comfortable Senior Care
Reassuring Care: Assured and High-Quality Senior Care
Leisurely Care: Cultural and Recreational Senior Care
Rehabilitation and Assistive Devices Exhibition Area (The 2nd China (Sichuan) Rehabilitation and Assistive Devices Expo)
4. Events
(1) Opening Ceremony of the 5th China (Sichuan) International Senior Care Industry & Service Exhibition
(2) The 6th Tianfu Senior Care Forum
(3) Senior Care Industry Development Summit Forum
(4) Rehabilitation and Assistive Devices Industry Development and Application Summit Forum
(5) The First Senior Culture and Art Festival
6. Media Coverage
In the 18th WCIF, it attracted 60 professional media, mass media, and new media outlets, with more than 220 relevant reports published across 48 platforms.
7. Organizational Structure
Hosts:
Department of Civil Affairs of Sichuan Province
Sichuan International Expo Group Co., Ltd.
Supporters:
Social Welfare Center of Ministry of Civil Affairs
China National Committee on Ageing
China Ageing Development Foundation
China Association of Assistive Products
Relevant Provincial Departments
Provincial Senior Care Associations
Municipal (Prefecture) People’s Government
Organizer:
Sichuan International Exhibition Co., Ltd.