On October 18, the three-day 2019 World Industrial Design Conference & the 
Industrial Design World Expo opened in Yantai, Shandong province. With the 
theme "Design Sparks Innovation Engine", the conference was co-hosted by the 
Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China and the People's 
Government of Shandong Province, and co-organized by design institutions and 
organizations from over 40 countries and regions, according to the Information 
Office of the Yantai Municipal People's Government. As such, it was the largest 
and most high-profile industrial development summit in the global design sector.

In recent years, industrial design has become a national innovative development 
strategy and a globally leading innovative industry, playing a key role in 
promoting the industrial value chain, facilitating the replacement of old 
growth drivers, and driving high-quality development in the manufacturing 
sector. According to Chen Fei, Mayor of Yantai, the World Industrial Design 
Conference will showcase the world's leading industrial design achievements and 
explore the development vision of the design industry. This will inevitably 
lead to transformation in both concepts and models of industrial design.

During the conference, a series of activities was launched, including a WIDC 
roundtable discussion for top management of international design organizations, 
a joint conference of national industrial design experts, a meeting of the 
German Expert Committee of the Sino-German Industrial Design Center, the 1st 
Yantai Mayor's Cup Industrial Design Awards, as well as a number of 
international design industry development forums by both profession and segment.

Source: The Information Office of the Yantai Municipal People's Government

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