Managed by XIN MICE (Beijing) and TTG Asia Media, CTW China 2024 will be held on March 26-28, 2024, at the Shanghai Convention & Exhibition Centre of International Sourcing (SHCEC), Shanghai, China.
It will be co-located with IT&CM China as China’s Only Doublebill Event in MICE and Corporate Travel.
The keynote speaker on March 26 will be Sun Weijia, special researcher of Counsellors’ Office of the State Council, and he will address the importance of how governments can influence the growth of meeting destinations.
Four guest speakers that will head onto the stage for the panel session following the keynote include Zhu Jun, senior manager of convention, exhibition and corporate events, Hong Kong Tourism Board Beijing Office; Lisa Xu, president of SITE China Chapter, and general manager of Shanghai Estar Event Management; Joost de Meyer, CEO of US-based First Incentive Travel; and Yu Dandan, deputy general manager of Beijing Zhongrunhua Petrochemical.
On March 27 will be the Association Day Forum, where the keynote speaker will be Jayne Gallagher, president of the International Association of Aquatic Product Inspectors, and founder and CEO of Honey & Fox. She will touch on how Chinese trade associations and Chambers of Commerce play an important role in facilitating the global push of their corporate members
She will be joined on stage by Zhang Lin, deputy secretary-general of China Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Association; Mariarosa Azzolina, president of Istituto Italo Cinese; and Deng Qing, director of the International Exchange Committee of Canal Cities of the World Canal History and Culture Cooperation Organization.
Both sessions will be moderated by Alicia Yao, vice chairman of the China Congress of Association and Chamber of Commerce.
In total, IT&CM China and CTW China 2024 expects to welcome more than 500 buyers, with at least 150 of them being international buyers. Of these, more than 35 per cent are expected to be from Europe and the Americas, with the rest coming from Asia-Pacific.
