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FEATURE<br />
CHINA FISH <strong>2024</strong><br />
BREAKS RECORDS<br />
FOR SHOW<br />
Exhibitors and visitors alike – old and new – contributed to the most successful China<br />
Fish event yet, with numbers of both domestic and overseas participants reaching<br />
impressive levels.<br />
After several years of waiting,<br />
because of the Covid-19<br />
pandemic, the giant China<br />
Fish event finally returned<br />
to its rightful place as one of the biggest<br />
tackle trade shows in the world.<br />
Following its enforced postponement,<br />
it was perhaps no surprise that record<br />
numbers of exhibitors flocked to Beijing’s<br />
New China International Exhibition<br />
Centre back in February.<br />
The organisers said that there were<br />
736 exhibitors – the highest in the<br />
event’s history – including 256 first-time<br />
standholders; that’s more than a third of<br />
exhibitors. They covered 39,300 sq m of<br />
floor space at the venue.<br />
The numbers also included 24<br />
international exhibitors from 14 countries<br />
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or regions, including France, Germany,<br />
Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan,<br />
Korea, Pakistan, Poland, Singapore,<br />
Taiwan, the UK and the USA.<br />
The show floor was busy and buzzy,<br />
thanks to 1,210 registered international<br />
buyers and 590 companies from 82<br />
different countries or territories. In fact,<br />
there were 520 first-time visitors too.<br />
NEW PRODUCT FOCUS<br />
With more than 91 per cent of those<br />
attending saying they were keen to see<br />
new tackle, it was perhaps no surprise,
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