IFAT CHINA 2012

MMI and Shanghai ZM International Exhibition Co., Ltd., co-founded MMI-ZM Trade Fairs (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., a joint venture, to operate IE expo 2012. IE expo will be held in Shanghai New International Expo Centre from March 7 to 9, 2012. It is predicted that number of exhibitors will be over 700 and exhibition area will be close to 40000sqm . IE expo will become an environmental technology exhibition with largest scale and highest degree in internationalization in China. IE expo 2012 will be upgraded fully in the aspect of brand, scale, mode and exhibits layout. The exhibition will be laid out according to product category, which encompasses water and sewage, refuse disposal and resource recycling, air pollution control, energy conservation technology, other pollution control, environment measurement, control and laboratory technology, environment management.and education and research. The exhibition not only attracts famous enterprises within the industry to register, but also international exhibtors and national pavilions from Germany, USA, Japan, Italian, Singapore, Korea, Canada, Taiwan and China.

The demand for environmental products and services is growing at a fast rate in China, the fastest around the world. It is estimated that the cost of environmental damage is up to eight percent of China's gross domestic product each year. During the 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-2015) period, RMB 3100 billion, equal to 1.5% of the GDP will be invested in to pollution control projects, and it is estimated that the annual growth rate of Chinese environmental industry is 15%.

IE expo now merges IFAT CHINA + EPTEE + CWS, becoming the largest and most important environmental trade show for water, sewage, refuse, recycling and energy conservation in China. We would therefore like to welcome you to visit the new branding trade show. In 2011, IE expo attracted 752 exhibitors and more than 22,000 visitors. Preparation for the 2012 event is moving ah