I was at the 16th East China Fair 2006 last week. This huge event was held in conjunction with a textiles and garments fair at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre. Trade fairs are, of course, common in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Guangdong and so forth. For instance, there is the 99th Canton Fair, and the Shanghai Paper World, a new one organised by the organisers of the Frankfurt Paper World, the largest stationery exhibition in the world.
The scale of the 16th East China Fair 2006 dwarfed anything I had seen in Singapore with six halls of general products and four halls consisting of textiles and garments. It was simply staggering. Each hall, which is a modern structure of steel and glass, not unlike the size of a terminal of Singapore's Changi airport, would house hundreds of booths.
There were all kinds of products, from mugs to deckchairs to ballpoint pens. The range of products was staggering.
On a sidenote, as noted earlier, the security checks at the entrance is thorough.
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