Auto China 2010 will be held from 23 April to 2 May 2010 in Beijing. The show will be held simultaneously in two venues: China International Exhibition Center Tianzhu Venue and Jinganzhuang Venue. The press days will be on 23 and 24 April 2010. The trade days will be 25 and 26 April 2010. The section for automotive suppliers will end on 27 April 2010.
 
Auto China, which is held every two years, attracts much attention from the industry, media and the public. Positioned as a perfect stage for image-promotion, promoting products and brands, displaying high technology and exchanging information, the biennial event has already become one of the most important automobile exhibitions in China.
 
With 20,000 sq.m. of display area, the first Auto China, held in 1990, attracted 372 exhibitors and 273 vehicles from seventeen countries and regions. A total of 100,000 people visited the show. Auto China 2004 saw its first world premiere vehicles in Beijing from multinational OEMs. The show was also listed as one of the A-class auto shows that multinational automakers attend.
 
Auto China 2008 set many records: for the first time, the exhibition was held in the New China International Exhibition Center, which covers 180,000 sq.m.; A total of 680,000 entries were logged by visitors, 30,000 of them were from abroad. 2,100 exhibitors from eighteen countries and regions took part in the exhibition, including 225 from overseas; 10,120 reporters from home and abroad reported on the event; and 890 vehicles, including 55 concepts and 7 world debut vehicles from multinational automakers, were on show.
 
China, with its soaring economy and the highest population in the world, is welcoming a dynamic and prosperous automobile consumption market. In 2006, China became the second largest automotive market and the third largest automobile manufacturing country in the world. In the first quarter of 2009, the sales and output of vehicle volume reached 2.56 million and 2.68 million units, up 1.91 and 3.88 percent respectively year-on-year. China is expected to become the largest auto manufacturing and consuming country very soon. As one of the most important emerging markets, China has proved itself to be the most dynamic market in the world.
 
Auto China 2010 will be a good platform for OEMs and suppliers at home and abroad wishing to communicate and expand co-operations in the largest emerging auto market.
 
For further information please visit www.auto-fairs.com or contact Mrs Sylvia Vierck by e-mail: sylvia.vierck@imag.de.

Fact Sheet Auto China 2010