Monday, Nov. 9, 2.13 p.m. CST
Capacity issues force move to new expo space
Last year, approximately 1,260 companies from 43 countries filled 25,600 square meters of exhibit space in all seven halls of the sold-out Qingdao International Convention Center, a 24 percent increase from 2013. That trend continued this year forcing event organizers to relocate to the larger Qingdao International Expo Center (QIEC) for its 20th anniversary.
The new expo center brought concerns over logistics as it is located 45 minutes to an hour north of downtown, but Peter Redmayne, president of Sea Fare Expositions, said the new
