Trade Fair Overview

SIAL China, Asia’s largest food innovation exhibition expanded 8% in scale comparing with 2017,attracted3,400 exhibitors from 70 countries & regions and30 domestic provinces and cities, and welcomed 110,635 professional visitors in 2018 PhilHogan, European Agriculture and Rural Development Commissioner, officially opened SIAL China 2018 on behalf of the European Union as Region of Honour. Honoured guests from Argentina, Belarus, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Czech, Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Finland, France, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Lithuania, Mexico, the Netherlands, Peru, Russia, Spain, South Africa, Sweden, and Uruguay also attended the Opening Ceremony.

SIAL China, Asia’s largest food innovation exhibition, and theworld’s fourth-largest, successfully concluded its 19th edition on May 18 inShanghai at the Shanghai New International Expo Center.

An established trade fair, SIAL China took yet another step forward in 2018 by surpassing 2017 record-setting figures. SIAL China 2018 expanded to 162,000 square meters. (+9% vs 2017) and welcomed 110,635 professional visitors in 2018 (+8%vs 2017), 3,400 exhibitors (+6% vs 2017). In 2018, SIAL China grew beyond an international professional and commercial exhibition to become an inspiring innovative headstream for the food and beverage industry.