2023 World Manufacturing Convention Opens in Hefei, Anhui

Photo taken during the opening ceremony [Photo via Liu Xudong]

On the morning of September 20, the 2023 World Manufacturing Convention opened in Hefei, Anhui Province. At the opening ceremony, the "Top 500 Chinese Manufacturing Enterprises in 2023" list was released and new technologies and products in Anhui's manufacturing sector that are leading domestically and internationally were showcased.

Under the theme of "Intelligent Manufacturing for a Better Future", the convention had an exhibition area of 80,000 square meters divided into 14 zones. The number of participating companies as well as the size of the exhibition area reached record levels, aiming to build a leading, iconic, high-level and open cooperation platform in Anhui and even the whole China, and to stage a manufacturing event of international influence.

The convention was jointly hosted by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China, the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China, the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, the Chinese Academy of Engineering, the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, the China Association of Small and Medium Enterprises, the Global Alliance of SMEs, and the People's Government of Anhui Province.