Organiser teams up with German giant Koelnmesse to put the biggest group of mainland suppliers to exhibit in Hong Kong under one roof
THE LARGEST GIFTS and home products fair in Hong Kong opens today. China Sourcing Fair: Gifts & Home Products, with more than 3,600 booths, occupies all of the 70,000 square metres of the AsiaWorld-Expo. Organiser Global Sources held a similar event in Shanghai last October, but the company's first fair in Hong Kong is four times larger than the Shanghai show.
Running alongside this fair will be the International Hardware Fair/Practical World Hong Kong, co-organised by Global Sources and Koelnmesse.
Global Sources chairman and chief executive Merle Hinrichs said: 'With more than 3,600 booths we believe our first gifts and home show in Hong Kong will be a huge success for us and for Hong Kong. To our knowledge, this is the biggest first-time export trade show to be held in the SAR.
'This is a historic day for Hong Kong and Global Sources. Through the China Sourcing Fairs at AsiaWorld-Expo, we are bringing tens of thousands of international buyers to meet the largest group of mainland suppliers to exhibit in Hong Kong.'
Many exhibitors from mainland provinces including Shaanxi, Henan, Guangxi, Hubei, Liaoning and Shandong are exhibiting in Hong Kong for the first time.