Reed Sinopharm to launch health exhibition in Shanghai

News this week: Reed Sinopharm Exhibitions, a joint venture company between Reed Exhibitions and Sinopharm, China’s largest state-owned pharmaceutical group, will launch The Health Industry Summit (tHIS) in Shanghai next year. The organiser expects the event to attract more than 6,000 exhibitors and cover a total exhibition space of 260,000 m².

The new event will be held at the National (Shanghai) Center for Exhibition and Convention (NSCEC) in Shanghai’s Hongqiao district. tHIS will run from 15^th to 18^th May 2015 and include a Summit program of over 100 conferences. Three other co-located exhibitions will form part of the four-day event including CMEF, PHARMCHINA, API China.

A spokesman from Reed Sinopharm was quoted saying, “With China predicting its health industry to grow into an RMB 8 trillion (US$1.2 trillion) industry by 2020, and a strengthening of health sector demand, the move is clearly intended to secure more international trade and influence for China’s already sizable sector.”

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