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The Chinese chemical industry will meet in the next edition of Expoquimia

21/10/2010

October 21, 2010

The direction of Expoquimia, Salon International of the chemistry of Fira de Barcelona, has reached an agreement with the Chinese national centre of chemical information (CNCIC) to involve the chemical industry of China in the next edition of Expoquimiato be held from 14 to 18 November 2011 at Fira de Barcelona's Gran Via venue.

The main objective of this Convention is to facilitate the establishment of trade agreements between China and Spain. Thus, the agreement provides that Expoquimia will have a significant presence of exhibitors and Chinese buyers, which will allow access to the chemical companies in the Mediterranean area to the Asian giant. In this sense, the CNCIC has just opened headquarters in Barcelona, a city that has become the gateway to the South of Europe of the Chinese chemical companies.

The Chinese national centre of information chemistry is an agency of the State China Chemicals corporate group and specialises in the international promotion of the Chinese chemical industry. Among its various activities, the Organization of the International Chemical Industry Fair (ICIF), whose first edition was held in Beijing in 1992. Since 2004, the show is held every two years in Shanghai. The tenth edition of the contest was held during the month of September, and in which Expoquimia participated to promote the next edition of the Hall, to be held in the framework of the 'international year of chemistry'.

Under the agreement signed between Expoquimia and the CNCIC, Hall of Fira de Barcelona will host various bilateral meetings to promote the exchange of business experiences with the aim of strengthening trade relations in the field of the chemical industry. In view of Pilar Navarro, Director of Expoquimia, the signing of such agreements demonstrates the will of the contest by "open new avenues of business for chemical enterprises of our country, as well as betting on a greater internationalization of the Hall towards countries with enormous potential for growth". "This Convention is a great opportunity for Spanish companies to become providers of an emerging market like Chinese", he assured.

In China, the chemical industry has experienced tremendous growth. At the moment, it is the fourth country in the world in the manufacture of chemical products and experts estimate that it will occupy the second position in 2015. The chemical industry is the third sector that contributes most to Chinese GDP, only behind the textile and machinery equipment.

Members of the Chinese delegation, accompanied by Pilar Navarro, Director of Expoquimia, during the presentation of the bilateral agreement to the media.