At present, the Delta virus has caused sporadic cases in many cities in China, and all places are tightening the prevention and control measures, and these measures directly affect the exhibition industry with a large number of people gathered.According to incomplete statistics, the exhibition industry in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Jinan, Nanjing, Chengdu and other exhibition cities has been close to shutdown. Most of the exhibition was postponed in August, involving nearly 100. I do not know when to restart concerns again make practitioners in this industry frown. Header Connector, ide connector and road reflectors should be noted.
The exhibition industry responded quickly
At the end of July, the COVID-19 epidemic has affected the exhibition industry.
On July 29 morning, people, sleeping, China international digital interactive entertainment exhibition (ChinaJoy) organizers issued a WeChat public message, said ” in view of the current domestic outbreak, decided to further improve the exhibition and conference epidemic prevention level, requires all the ChinaJoy exhibition and conference site must complete nucleic acid testing in Shanghai, to ensure the health and safety of the exhibition and participants.”
The news was very sudden because the next day, July 30,2021 ChinaJoy opened in Shanghai.During the exhibition, on the night of July 31, the ChinaJoy organizer again announced to cancel all live performances, events and other stage events, cancel the distribution of gifts and souvenirs, prohibit food on the site, and required the sales personnel on the site to wear gloves.
Coincidentally, on August 1, the organizer of the 31st Qingdao International Beer Festival informed the relevant activities to end early, and tourists and citizens entering the activity site need to hold a negative nucleic acid test report within 24 hours.The organizers also ended the festival, which was supposed to last a month, half a month early on August 2, and the closing ceremony was held online.
As the epidemic becomes severe, the mass control of the exhibition industry seems to be tightened.
The joint prevention and control mechanism held a press conference on the afternoon of August 4, Mi Feng, spokesman of the National Health Commission and deputy director of the publicity department, said that recently, related cases have been imported abroad at airports, ports and designated hospitals, which caused a certain spread.As of 9 a. m. on August 4,17 provinces have reported existing local confirmed cases or asymptomatic infected people, with 144 medium-and high-risk areas in the country, the most since normal prevention and control.
The epidemic across the country shows a trend of multi-point and local outbreaks. It is necessary to strictly and quickly promote the regional joint investigation of newly discovered infected persons, do a good job in managing key areas and personnel, and prevent the spread of the epidemic.Therefore, local governments have upgraded their prevention and control measures again.
Tianjin on August 3 called for strict approval of large gathering activities such as artistic performances, sports competitions, exhibitions and sales, which must not be held or suspended. Gansu also issued a document requiring reasonable control of offline activities and all kinds of clustered mass cultural activities suspended and postponed.According to incomplete statistics, Liaoning provinces, Jilin, Shandong and other 19 provinces (municipalities directly under the Central Government) have issued notices on the control of large-scale activities.All the exhibitions in Changsha, Hunan Province, have been suspended.Although Shanghai, Guangzhou and Beijing did not strictly require the notice to stop the exhibition, there were required activities to strictly prevent epidemic prevention and flow restrictions.
In August, it was forced into a lockout
The new regulations have directly affected a lot of exhibitions under preparation, especially the multiple exhibitions ready to be held in August.
“Sorry, our exhibition has been postponed,” said Wang Yang, a staff member of the organizing committee of the Property Management Industry Expo. The three related exhibitions scheduled to be held in Shanghai New International Expo Center from August 6 to 8 were all postponed due to the need for epidemic prevention and control.The rescheduling is not determined, but it is estimated to be difficult to redo in August.He revealed that all exhibitions in Shanghai were forced to be suspended throughout August.
According to the official website of Shanghai new international expo center exhibition schedule, 11 exhibition announced will be postponed, such as Shanghai international aircraft manufacturing technology and engineering exhibition, the fourth Shanghai international washing supplies exhibition, China international paint expo, China (Shanghai) wallpaper cloth curtain and home soft decoration exhibition, etc.Original dates for these shows were from early August to mid-August.In late August, 10 exhibitions are not decided to be postponed. The organizers of the 4th Shanghai International Probiotics Products Expo said the company is also in urgent consultation with all parties and is expected to decide whether to postpone it around next Tuesday.But the staff admitted that according to the current development trend of the epidemic, the possibility of the delay is very high.
Shanghai is the leading city in the domestic exhibition industry, it has pressed the exhibition pause button, and undoubtedly also knocked down the industry dominoes.At present, Nanjing, Changsha, Jinan, Qingdao and other places have been suspended, and Chengdu has also extended a number of activities and exhibitions, including the 8th World Line Cartoon-Con and the 5th China (Chengdu) Tourism Scenic Spot Innovation and Development Expo.
Despite no new local cases in Guangzhou and Shenzhen, several planned exhibitions in August have also announced delays.The Bao’an District government of Shenzhen has issued a notice to the exhibition organizers, asking the Shenzhen International Convention and Exhibition Center to suspend various exhibitions for half a month.The Guangzhou Import and Export Commodities Fair Pavilion also suspended the exhibition, including the Guangzhou International Tourism Exhibition, which was scheduled to open on August 5.As to uncertainty about several exhibition staff in late August.
A reluctant to be named guangzhou exhibition staff said that in June last year, guangzhou exhibition has slowly returned to normal, and the domestic epidemic is relatively stable, some only sporadic overseas input, are strictly controlled at entry and exit points, so in the past year the epidemic did not impact on daily life, exhibition industry also recovered very smoothly.However, the epidemic spread quickly and multiple outbreaks, and strict control of mass gathering is the key word of prevention and control of the epidemic. He worried that strict control measures will take the lead in suspending the exhibition industry. After all, the exhibition industry is large, and the participants will come from all over the country.According to the Delta virus anti-epidemic experience in Guangzhou at the end of May, under the rapid action and the action of multiple parties, it month to contain the spread of the virus. This time the Delta virus may be completely eliminated in one month.Under this influence, the exhibition industry may have to be lockout for more than a month.”If the exhibition industry stops, the whole industry chain will be frustrated,” the staff worried.
In February last year, under the shadow of COVID-19, hundreds of domestic exhibitions announced their postponement or cancellation, and did not begin to recover until July last year.Now, the exhibition industry, which has just recovered for a year, has been shut down again. How long will it take to recover?