The 5th China (Hunan) International Mineral & Gem Expo (CMGE) ended successfully on May 22, 2017 in Chenzhou City. The five-day CMGE attracted 336,000 visitors with a transaction volume of 1.93 billion yuan, an increase of 5% and 10% respectively on the previous year. 

 

 

The CMGE adopted the exhibition mode of “One Core, Two Parks and Three Halls”. The main venue (core exhibition hall) is located in Chenzhou International Convention & Exhibition Center. Chenzhou Mineral and Jade Culture Industrial Park was planned and the Phase I of Chenzhou Mineral Exhibition Park was opened to the public. The World Nonferrous Metal Museum of Chenzhou High-tech Industrial Park, Shizhuyuan National Mine Park Museum and China Mineral & Gem Museum Exhibition Center functioned as the sub-venues at the same time. 

 

 

The core exhibition hall covered an exhibition area of 100,000 square meters with 2,600 international standard booths, attracting more than 500 enterprises from 52 countries and regions.

 

Diplomatic envoys and foreign dignitaries from the Kingdom of Lesotho, Australia, France and other countries attended this CMGE to promote and seek cooperation for domestic tourism and mineral product development.  

 

 

A total of 16 themed activities were organized during this CMGE, including centralized exhibition and sale, summit forums, investment attraction promotion and business exchange.

 

Meanwhile, a promotion exhibition for Hunan’s natural resources was held in the main venue to display more than 50 important geological parks, mine parks, mineral resources, geological heritage resources and tourist resources around the province. 

 

The five-day CMGE significantly boosted the tertiary industry of Chenzhou like cultural leisure, sightseeing and catering. The daily flow of high-speed rail passengers in the city increased by about 15%, and the number of tourists in scenic areas and hotels rose significantly year-on-year. 

 

 

It brought major development opportunities to the city’s mineral and gem industries. On May 18, a total of 5 framework agreements and 29 projects were signed, with a total investment of 25.383 billion yuan.

 

 

There were 25 projects with each worth over 100 million yuan and 11 projects with each worth more than 1 billion yuan. Among them, there were 15 projects related to mineral and gem industries, with a total investment of 10.08 billion yuan.