Jan 10, 2009
See IT all in 1 day with direct Taiwan-China flights! COMPUTEX TAIPEI takes off with cross-strait direct flights!
Taiwan’s exhibition industry is to benefit from the warming of cross-Strait relations. Taiwan and China started direct air, sea transport and postal services on the morning of December 15, a historical step forward in cross-strait relations since the 1949 civil war that spilt the two sides.
After the implementation of the direct air links, flight time from Shanghai to Taipei has been cut down to 80 minutes, as a detour through Hong Kong is no longer required. The reduced flying time bodes well for the future development of Taiwan’s exhibition industry. After participating in an exhibition in Taiwan, buyers get to easily fly to China to gain a better understanding of the manufacturing and the products themselves. This easy hop across the straits further consolidates Taiwan’s role as the ICT hub of Asia.
COMPUTEX TAIPEI, the leading ICT procurement platform, not only features cross-strait exhibitors, but also has a good number of exhibitors whose factories are well rooted throughout China. Big brands such as Asus, Acer, and MSI have benefited from the supply chain, where concepts and components are transformed into finished products in China.
With Taiwan opening eight air terminals for flights to and from China buyers on a single day can join an exhibition in Taiwan in the morning before flying directly to China to check out various factories in the afternoon.
This open highway to China is a big boost for the exhibition industry in Taiwan since it hosts dozens of B to B tradeshows each year, and it’s particularly beneficial to Taiwan’s ICT industry which stands to gain much more business and manufacturing capacity.
From January to October 2008, electrical and IT related devices and components exported from Taiwan to China composed 15.9% of the total export, according to official statistics, and if finished IT products such as recorders and monitors were included, that percentage would increase to 26.6%. With Taiwan and China business highly intertwined direct flights will eventually offer to complete production and marketing systems which were often bogged down by previous restrictions.
As the financial crisis has stunted the growth of some Taiwanese and International companies, cross-straight direct air between Taiwan and China along with direct sea transport and postal services not only marks an important step for the two sides, but also opens a new age for international visitors to Taiwan exhibitions since they will be able to consolidate business for companies with branches on either side of the Straits.
COMPUTEX TAIPEI, the largest B to B tradeshow in Taiwan, will be the beneficiary of this new era. This event lets buyers see IT, hear IT, and touch IT best at the show where a many new trends and products are launched. Then they will be able to take a short flight directly to China to better understand Taiwan’s productive processes on the mainland.
Don’t miss COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2009 this June 2 to June 6 at Taipei World Trade Centre Hall 1, Hall 3, NANGANG Exhibition Hall, and Taipei International Convention Centre. For more information, click on:
www. ComputexTaipei.com.tw
Source:TAITRA