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Thursday, October 17 2019 - 17:01
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A Glimpse of the Global Rail Transit Industry Taking Off -- The 1st China International Rail Transit & Equipment Manufacturing Industry Exposition to be Held in Changsha
CHANGSHA, China, Oct. 17, 2019 /Xinhua-AsiaNet/--

The 2019 China International Rail Transit & Equipment Manufacturing Industry 
Exposition (InteRail Expo) will take place at the Changsha International 
Convention and Exhibition Center in Central China's Hunan Province from October 
18 to 20, 2019. Themed "Smart Rail Connecting the Future," the expo is set to 
showcase new technologies and innovations that the global rail transit and 
equipment manufacturing sectors have to offer. Of the world's eight largest 
manufacturers of the rail transit vehicles and equipment, CRRC, Bombardier, 
Siemens, and Wabtec have confirmed their attendance, according to the 
Organizing Committee of the China International Rail Transit & Equipment 
Manufacturing Industry Exposition.

About 400 exhibitors and over 2,500 business people will gather in the 54,000 
square meters exhibition hall, together with an estimated audience of more than 
20,000. On display will be rail transit vehicles and their inferiors, 
engineering design and testing services, and equipment for constructing the 
railway, tunnel, and bridge, improving a smart city's public transport 
facilities, and enhancing precision processing and automation, among others. On 
the event's sidelines, a summit and a matchmaking session are set to be held 
for professionals, and the first-time-ever Directory of High-level Talent 
Demands in the Rail Transit and Equipment Manufacturing Industries issued.

During the expo, business attendees will be invited by the organizer to visit 
Zhuzhou, a city of Hunan and significant companies based in the province by 
mag-lev train and autonomous rail rapid transit. The event is expected to be 
joined by governmental officials and representatives of business associations 
and enterprises from nearly 20 countries, including Germany, France, the US, 
the UK, Romania, Switzerland, Japan, South Korea, India, Pakistan, Laos, 
Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore, Nigeria and Ghana.

Since 2016, when its predecessor - the China (Hunan) International Rail Transit 
Industry Expo - was inaugurated, the InteRail Expo has now emerged as China's 
only state-level exhibition in the realms of rail transit and equipment 
manufacturing that targets global markets. This will enable Hunan to bring 
together more resources concerning these industries, so as to make the province 
well known to the rest of the world as China's power valley. The expo is held 
every other year and staggers the biennial International Trade Fair for 
Transport Technology, which takes place in Berlin, Germany.

Source: The Organizing Committee of the China International Rail Transit & 
Equipment Manufacturing Industry Exposition

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