Thanks to all the industrial friends’ active participation and vigorous support, the 9th edition of GTI Asia China Expo (hereafter referred to as GTI GZ Expo) drew to a perfect close in A area, Fair Pazhou Complex.  GTI GZ Expo keeps a foothold on the core of games & amusement, mixes multiple fields, creates new entertainment business content, and opens the world’s window for China’s games & amusement industry to establish a new interactive entertainment business format that integrates animation games, film & TV images, creation IP, IT technology, digital entertainment, pop music and other main business formats.  In GTI GZ Expo, games, amusement and entertainment can make a breakthrough and be reborn.  The show won applause and compliments from participators globally because of its largest scale and most elaborate content.

This year, the total number of exhibitors made a breakthrough to 550 with the growth rate of 22.2%, and 200 of them were newcomers.  The exhibition area reached 80,000 sq. meters with 8 halls, increasing 33% compared to last year.  Practitioners from other fields like tourism spots, commercial complexes, venture capital companies, hotels, IT software providers and mobile payment service providers all attended the show to create a pan-entertainment ecology within the games & entertainment industry, further promote industrial transformation and upgrading, and derive new active business content.

The show with over 1,500 products attracted global buyers from around 65 countries and states such as Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, UAE, Turkey, Israel, Iran, Sri Lanka, India, Kingdom of Bahrain, Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Dubai, Cambodia, Outer Mongolia, Kosovo, Austria, Luxembourg, Belarus, Russia, USA, UK, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Canada, Ecuador, Mexico, Egypt, Libya, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and so on.  It also gathered several delegations like President Paolo Dalla Pria who led the Italian SAPAR delegation, the Malaysian ASEAN Game and Amusement Equipment Promotion Center delegation, and investigation groups from Korea and Taiwan, making itself a top networking event for global professionals. There, Chinese manufacturers could meet foreign partners without traveling around the world by themselves.  Enterprises could chase and fulfill their dreams – and new ones can seize their opportunities to grow while experienced ones can get a new start from a higher level.  It was also the window for China’s games and amusement industry to look through on to the world.

Here, please allow me to represent the GTI organizing committees to express our sincere gratitude to you!  Thanks for you coming just for fun, and co-writing a new chapter of such a wonderful expo with global industrial friends!  Thanks for all the industrial leaders, exhibitors, global buyers, visitors and friends from different industries to show their support and trust to GTI, driving GTI Asia China Expo to come under the world’s focus.  We will keep going to meet everyone’s trust and stimulate the Chinese games & amusement industry to shine around the world!

Next year, GTI will welcome the 25th edition of GTI Asia Taipei Expo at Taipei World Trade Center (TWTC) on May 10-12 and the 10th edition of GTI Asia China Expo at Area A, Pazhou Complex, Guangzhou on Sept.12-14.  GTI Asia Taipei Expo, where the high-class development capability from Taiwan will be on display and one-stop services will be provided, will gather the latest games and innovations, comprehensive gaming products and diversified entertainment products.  Also, GTI GZ Expo will continue its large-scale with 8 halls.  We all look forward to meeting you in Taipei and Guangzhou in 2018!

※The article is published in the GTI Magazine Issue No. 158 in October, 2017