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MODERATOR:

Martin Winter Chairman, ICCA Asia/Pacific

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CHINA – FAST FACTS

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• Population 1.3 billion• Average annual GDP growth 9.5%• Approximately 1,000,000 millionaires• 893 million registered on-line users• 199 exhibition centres

Asia Pacific Growth

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COUNTRY 2001 2011

Australia 16 30

China PR 6 30

India 9 21

Republic of Korea 6 18

Japan 26 16

Singapore 4 11

Malaysia 7 11

Thailand 8 8

Chinese Taipei 3 8

New Zealand 0 6

Indonesia 11 5

Philippines 3 5

Hong Kong, China P.R. 6 4

Macao, China P.R. 1 3

Sri Lanka 1 1

Total 107 177

Asia-Pac Country Ranking

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Rank 2009

Rank2010

Country 2009 2010

1 1 Japan 257 305

2 2 China P.R. 245 282

4 3 Australia 169 239

(3) 4 Rep. of Korea 176 186

8 5 Chinese Taipei 91 138

(5) 6 Singapore 119 136

7 7 Malaysia 96 119

8 8 India 91 100

(6) 9 Thailand 103 88

10 10 Hong Kong, China PR

67 82

The World Ranking 2010

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Rank Country # Meetings

1 USA 623

2 Germany 542

3 Spain 451

4 United Kingdom 399

5 France 371

6 Italy 341

7 Japan 305

8 China P.R. 282

9 Brazil 275

10 Switzerland 244

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Doing Business in China & Attracting Chinese Delegates to your Events

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Speaker:

Peter Pecotic

Managing Director,Turningpoint Solutions, China P.R.

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Speaker:

Jens Thraenhart, Co-Founder & President, Dragon

Trail, China

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