The 26th Welding Expo is scheduled to be held in Shanghai in September.

Co-organizers: China Shipbuilding Industry Association, China Heavy Machinery Industry Association, China Petroleum and Petrochemical Equipment Industry Association, China Workers' Welding Technology Association, "Electric Welding Machine" Magazine, Electrical Engineering Society of China Welding Technology Committee. Organizer: Chengdu Electric Welding Machine Research Institute. Preface: 2012 is the year of comprehensive implementation of China's "12th Five-Year Plan". How can the Chinese economy continue to maintain a high growth rate amidst numerous external uncertainties? In the face of many uncertainties in the global economy, how can the welding industry, which serves the manufacturing sector, achieve rapid and good development? The "12th Five-Year Plan" clearly proposes to "enhance the core competitiveness of the manufacturing industry, strengthen the ability to develop new products and create brands," pointing out the development direction for Chinese welding enterprises. It is urgent for welding enterprises, which are mostly small and medium-sized, to carry out their transformation and upgrading, improve their competitiveness and innovation capabilities, and adhere to the implementation of a dual-track approach. In response to the needs of many exhibitors and the development trend of the welding industry, the 26th China Welding Expo, hosted by Chengdu Electric Welding Machine Research Institute, will once again enter Shanghai, the economic, financial, trade, exhibition, and shipping center of China, radiating the Yangtze River Delta economic circle, which is the most concentrated area of Chinese manufacturing, and actively helping domestic welding enterprises to go abroad and effectively explore developing countries. This welding expo plans to use both floors of the Shanghai Guangda Exhibition Center, with over 1,000 standard exhibition booths designed. The organizers actively cater to the industry's development trend, opening a themed exhibition area focused on "innovation, green, low carbon, energy saving, and environmental protection." The scale of this welding expo in Shanghai will significantly increase, and the organizers will continue the excellent tradition of the past, taking industry service as their responsibility, fully preparing service work, and continuing to improve the quality of exhibition services and perfecting exhibition service functions from the perspective of exhibitors, building the best platform for the welding industry to showcase new products, exchange new technologies, and expand new businesses. Introduction to the Welding Expo: The China Welding Expo began at the beginning of the reform and opening up (1985), founded by the former Ministry of Machinery Industry, the only national-level electric welding machine research institute and industry technology research institute - Chengdu Electric Welding Machine Research Institute. It has successfully held twenty-five sessions in economic hotspot cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Wuhan, Qingdao, Tianjin, Zhengzhou, Chengdu, Nanjing, and Dalian. Each session of the expo has showcased a large number of new welding technologies and equipment to various industrial sectors of the national economy, making a positive contribution to China's manufacturing industry; at the same time, it has also launched many emerging welding enterprises, serving as an important platform for the annual display of strength and market expansion for China's welding equipment and related manufacturing industries. Advantages of the Expo: Years of organizing exhibitions, excellent reputation effect. As a welding brand exhibition independently founded and owned with independent intellectual property rights in China - the China Welding Expo has successfully held twenty-five sessions to date. Whether it is established state-owned enterprises or emerging market stars, they have all leveraged the welding expo, forming a relatively stable group of exhibitors. More importantly, through years of accumulation, the welding expo has established a strong brand image and excellent brand effect in the welding user industry, supported by hundreds of thousands of detailed and effective user information. Carefully planned, with strong support from numerous associations/academic societies. The China Electrical Equipment Industry Association and its more than thirty branches and research institutes provide strong support, and the Chengdu Electric Welding Machine Research Institute and five major national key user-level associations/academic societies work together to create the only "national-level" welding event, with unprecedented concentration and professionalism. Exciting special events and rich audience resources. Various topical seminars, technical exchange meetings, and forums on hot welding topics organized by five major user industry associations and the China Electrical Equipment Industry Association, along with more than thirty branches and research institutes, as well as numerous local user associations in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shanghai, and Anhui, enhance the effectiveness of the expo. Layout of overseas promotion strategy to expand the influence of the expo. Participating in domestic and foreign welding, shipbuilding, and other related user exhibitions, increasing promotion to overseas welding equipment enterprises, expanding the expo's influence among overseas users, and inviting overseas agents and distributors to visit and purchase at the welding expo; fully utilizing the good relationship between the China Electrical Equipment Industry Association and overseas electrical associations, cooperating with electrical associations in Germany, the United States, and other countries to organize more buyers for the conference. Taking industry service as its responsibility to achieve a professional brand. The high-quality service of the China Welding Expo has always left a deep impression and excellent reputation in the industry. Whether it is the construction of exhibition booths before the expo, solving detailed issues during the expo, or following up on information after the expo, our service is first-class. High-quality service and efficient solutions provide logistical support for every exhibitor and professional audience. Market potential, increasing investment, promoting good development of the national economy. In the context of insufficient momentum for sustained consumption growth and a severe export situation, actively playing the supporting role of investment and promoting major project construction has become a consensus among provinces and cities in the Yangtze River Delta. It is reported that in 2012, Shanghai arranged a total of 95 major construction projects, with 55 preparatory projects, including 27 planned to start construction within the year and 11 projects to be completed or basically completed; Jiangsu Province arranged a total of 220 major provincial projects, with a planned total investment of 2.62 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 20%; Anhui's expected investment target for 2012 is over 500 billion; Shandong's 2012 guidance plan arranged a total of 1,160 projects, with a planned total investment of 231.35 billion yuan. Major projects are being launched one after another, hiding a large demand for welding and cutting. This year, projects such as the East Transmission of Anhui Electricity, Chongming North Coastal Wind Power, AVIC Commercial Aircraft Industry Base, ARJ-21 regional aircraft production construction, China Shipbuilding Changxing Shipbuilding Base Phase II, Shanghai Metro Lines 11, 13, and 16, Shidongkou Gas Project, Lingang Gas Power Plant Project, Yangshan Deep Water Port Phase IV, China National Petroleum's Rudong LNG Receiving Station, Yangzi-BASF Phase II, Yangzhou Shanghai Volkswagen, Changshu Peugeot, Yancheng Dongfeng Yueda Kia passenger cars, Fuli Railway, and the Luofu Railway double track are all starting on schedule, leading to a huge demand for welding and cutting products. Keeping up with the trend of the times, the expo seeks innovation and change. This year, Shanghai continues to vigorously promote energy conservation, emission reduction, and pollution reduction. The themed exhibition area launched at this welding expo, focusing on "innovation, green, low carbon, energy saving, and environmental protection," aligns with the trend of the times. Strong promotion, a grand event. Over 100 well-known websites and portals covering multiple professional fields will conduct long-term, round-the-clock, and comprehensive online promotion to expand influence and increase reach; cooperation with more than 30 important professional publications focused on welding and user categories will be established to conduct multi-field and frequent advertising, text, and direct mail promotion for the expo; fully utilizing the nearly 300,000 detailed and effective domestic welding user terminal information database collected and established over the past twenty-five years, directly contacting or calling welding users and engineering technicians to invite them to attend; through the influence of the organizing units composed of strong government and national-level competent associations, as well as the authoritative appeal of the co-organizing team composed of various industry associations in the hosting area, extensive promotion will be conducted in regions and various professional fields; leveraging good relationships with various local user associations around the hosting area to conduct focused promotion among member enterprises in the region and organize professional audiences; throughout the entire process of organizing the exhibition, multiple batches of exhibition newsletters, briefings, and the latest local market information will be compiled and printed to inform all sectors about the progress of the conference, activity content, and upcoming new products to be displayed; before the expo, key large electromechanical markets around the hosting area will be visited for promotion; for key large user enterprises around the hosting area, personnel will be sent to invite relevant personnel using and purchasing welding machines to attend; fully leveraging the enthusiasm of the main co-organizing units and supporting units, as well as academic societies, to organize various forms of supporting activities such as academic discussions, forums, demonstrations, and competitions on the best platform of the conference, widely organizing professional audiences; and expanding external promotion through friendly cooperative relationships established with foreign exhibitions, academic societies, and professional institutions to attract foreign merchants' attention and participation. Special activities: Series of events for the China Welding Technology Forum; Excellent welder performance competition in Shanghai; Forum for distributors in the Chinese welding industry; Seminar on welding standards in the Chinese petrochemical industry; Series of forum activities by the China Workers' Welding Technology Association. Booth prices: Domestic exhibitors: Area A: 3×3 meter standard booth 7800 yuan/unit, raw space (starting from 36m2) 780 yuan/m2, half booth not available; Area B: 6800 yuan/unit, 680 yuan/m2, half booth not available; Area C: 5800 yuan/unit, 580 yuan/m2, 3000 yuan/unit for half booth. Foreign exhibitors: 3×3 meter standard booth 1600 USD/unit, raw space (starting from 36m2) 160 USD/m2. Schedule: Opening ceremony on September 5, 2012; Exhibition setup from September 3-4, 2012; Exhibition period from September 5-7, 2012; Dismantling period on September 7, 2012, at 15:00. Free services: Free provision of positioning and removal services for exhibits during the setup and dismantling periods (transportation, loading and unloading, storage costs from the freight station to the exhibition hall are to be borne by the manufacturer). Additional fees will be charged for exhibits weighing over 1 ton or with any dimension exceeding 2 meters, and for exhibits requiring crane loading and unloading; providing hotel reservation services, transportation from the residence to the exhibition hall, ticket booking services, etc., for exhibitors and buyers; free publication of a company introduction of up to 600 words in the exhibition catalog. Scope of exhibits: Arc welding equipment, resistance welding equipment, electroslag welding equipment, friction welding equipment, cladding equipment, thermal spraying equipment, induction heating equipment, weld heat treatment equipment, weld inspection equipment, welding cables and wires, brazing equipment, electron beam welding equipment, laser welding equipment, plasma arc welding machines, special complete equipment, welding spare parts, welding auxiliary tools, welding consumables, CAD/CAM software, components for welding machines, welding robots, welding controllers, large welding production lines, various cutting equipment, welding processing equipment, welding safety products, welding hardware tools, large welding equipment, welding processing centers, and welding-related equipment. Chengdu Electric Welding Machine Research Institute, Industry Development Department, China Welding Expo Organizing Committee.