The EU-China Business Association has the pleasure to invite you to the 10th EU-China Business & Technology Cooperation Fair which will be held from 4 to 6 November 2015 in Qingdao and from 9 to 11 November 2015 in Chengdu.

The EU-China Business & Technology Cooperation Fair has been held for nine consecutive editions attracting 4,400 Chinese companies and 12,400 European companies in total. The Fair provides a dominant cooperation platform in China for investment, trade and technology between EU and China. 22,291 bilateral meetings between companies took place at the matchmaking event. Around one third of the participants already informed their successful match.

The fair is organised by the EU Project Innovation Centre and supported by the European Commission, the EU-China Business Association and several other EU institutions.

Qingdao, the most important transport hub and trading port in the North coastal region of China, is located at the intersection of land and maritime Silk Roads. With its well-established industries and rich resources, Qingdao is playing a leading role in developing the blue economy. As one of the first Chinese cities to open to the world, Qingdao is willing to work with other ocean-driven EU countries to forge partnerships in developing ocean economies, exploiting the resources, and promoting maritime research and innovation. Topics at the Fair will be:

• Maritime machinery and equipment
• Maritime bio-pharmacy & bio-technology
• Ocean aviation
• Renewable energy, new materials, clean-tech
• Environmental protection
• ICT

A cooperation forum will be held, as well as seminars on:

• Maritime research and industry cooperation
• High-end machinery industry cooperation
• New energy and environmental protection

B2B and cluster-to-cluster matchmaking session will also be organized.

More information is available at www.eu-china.org.cn
or on Qingdao’s matchmaking website www.b2match.eu/tenth-eu-china-cooperation-fair-qingdao.

The Chengdu event of the of 10th EU-China Business & Technology Cooperation Fair will be held from 9 to 11 November 2015 in Chengdu.

The Chengdu Event will focus on:

• Frontier technological achievements and trends
• Short, sharp 30-minute meetings to foster effective networking
• Share information with Event experts, scholars and business players
• Get your problems solved – Matching enterprises offering or seeking solutions
• See an exhibition of successful examples of B2B match-making meetings

More information on the Chengdu event is available at www.b2match.eu/tenth-eu-china-cooperation-fair-chengdu.