On May 7, the Hunan Conference & Exhibition Group (HCEG) has been certified for membership by the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA), based in the Netherlands. Previously, the China International Food & Catering Expo (CIFCE), a HCEG's self-organized exhibition IP, passed the approval of the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry (UFI). So far, HCEG has become the only enterprise in Hunan Province with both UFI and ICCA certifications, taking an important step forward in internationalization development.
UFI is the most important and authoritative international organization in the world exhibition industry, known as the "Oscar of the exhibition industry". ICCA is one of the most influential organizations in the global conference industry.
HCEG, a subsidiary of the Hunan Tourism Group, is a provincial state-owned comprehensive convention and exhibition service enterprise, with a whole industrial chain of "convention and exhibition, festival, performance, and competition". Formerly known as the Business Exhibition Center of the Department of Commerce of Hunan Province, it has cumulatively provided services for nearly 2,000 large and medium-sized exhibitions of various types and has executed nearly 10 million square meters of exhibition area.
The group has been striving to build itself into a leading convention and exhibition enterprise of Hunan Province, establishing an international business department and successfully signing five internationalization projects since 2024. It has set up liaison offices in three African countries of Kenya, South Africa, and Tanzania, creating three independent overseas exhibition brands. HCEG has jointly hosted the RX Huabo Asia Gift Fair-Indonesia and the Pakistan Industrial Expo; launched CIFCE special promotion conferences in Australia and Thailand; and, organized more than 180 Hunan enterprises to attend over 30 exhibitions abroad.
This article is from the Hunan Provincial Government www.enghunan.gov.cn.
Translator: Yu Jiangjiang
Chinese source: hunantoday
