1. Charm of Australia, the co-host country

Australia will bring to the event enterprises from 9 sectors, i.e., food and beverage, wine, financial and business services, education and corporate training, creative industries, clean technology, green building and eco-city, sports and leisure, and consumer goods, with an exhibition space of 10,000 sq m. Austrade join the Chinese Ministries or Departments to host "The First China-Australia Green Building & Eco-City Forum".

2. Gathering of Asian and European SMEs

Since the setup of the participation mechanism for ASEM (Asia-Europe Meeting) members, initiated during the ASEM SMEs Ministerial Meeting in 2007, CISMEF has been attracting attention from various ASEM members. The Fair has become an effective platform of exhibition, exchanges and cooperation for Asian and European SMEs.

3. Presence of SMEs throughout China

31 provinces (autonomous regions or municipalities) from the Chinese Mainland will bring to the event competitive SMEs from electronics & IT, household appliances, energy-saving & environmental protection, machinery, textiles & garments, toys & crafts, and food & medicine among other sectors. They together will showcase the best SMEs throughout the country.

4. Specialized shows in a general exhibition

Specialized shows are provided in this general exhibition, to the individual industrial requests and exhibitor application. They include the International Energy-saving and Environmental Protection Show, Hong Kong Services Show, Taiwan Manufacturing Industry Show and Guangdong Brand-name and Quality Products Show.

5. Effective business matchmaking

We will organize point-to-point business matchmaking between the Chinese and overseas SMEs with free on-site interpreting services to facilitate the international exchanges among the world SMEs.

6. Colorful forums

Senior government officials, economists, senior managers from financial institutions, and investment agencies will be invited to discuss on the hot economic issues to support SMEs in their internationalization, IT application, market expansion, investment and financing, cooperation and exchanges, and policy services.

7. Prompt and authoritative media coverage

Market presence of the participating enterprises will be enhanced through the massive coverage of more than 200 domestic and international media.