BICES 2017 205-Day Countdown Ceremony
On February 27, the 14th Beijing International Construction Machinery Exhibition & Seminar (BICES 2017) ushers in its 205-day countdown, and all sponsors of BICES jointly organised and held the Countdown Press Conference in Beijing.

Over 40 delegates attended the conference, including Qi Jun, Chairman of China Construction Machinery Industry Association, Su Zimeng, Executive Vice-Chairman and Secretary-General of China Construction Machinery Industry Association, Han Xuesong, Hon. Chairman and Chief Advisor of China Construction Machinery Industry Association, Zhou Weidong, Vice-Chairman of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade Machinery Sub-Council, leaders of organisers and management office of BICES, as well as representatives of mainstream media.
The conference announced that BICES2017 will be held in New Beijing International Exhibition Center on September 20-23, 2017.

Speaking on the occasion, Qi Jun pointed out on behalf of the sponsors, ?Since its establishment in 1989, BICES has been held successfully for 13 sessions in the past 27 years with the active participation and great support from numerous construction machinery manufacturers, competent government authorities, industrial media, customers and all sectors of society. It can be said that BICES makes improvement with the emergence and development of the construction machinery industry in China, and witnesses leapfrog development and prosperity of the industry. For a long period, the sponsors actively grasp the development trend of construction machinery industry, understand the demands of exhibitors and visitors in-depth, continuously improve the software and hardware conditions as well as the exhibition effects of BICES, and strive to build BICES a wind vane for the development of construction machinery industry in China and a major platform to exhibit construction machinery worldwide.?

According to Qi, the products sales of the construction machinery industry rebounded stably since August 2016, the sales of 10 categories of major products witnessed an average increase of 10.2 per cent , and the sales revenue of 12 enterprise groups closely related to the industry broke through RMB 255 billion (up 0.98 per cent YoY) as of December 2016, though the construction machinery industry suffered the continuous market decline for nearly five years from the second half of 2011 to the first half of 2016. In January 2017, the sales of main products increased by 15 per cent on a YoY basis. It is predicted that the construction machinery industry in China has entered the stable growth phase with stable and promising development.

Qi said that most enterprises in construction machinery industry are expected to cease to lose and begin to turn out a profit, and turn the negative growth to positive growth with the rebound of the overall construction projects in China and continuous promotion of the Belt and Road Initiative. The stable development of the industry will surely play a positive role in holding BICES and encouraging the participation of exhibitors. Currently, the sponsors are making full preparation to present all exhibitors and visitors a better and higher level BICES 2017, which is expected to be a wonderful and amazing international occasion!

Su Zimeng pointed out, ?February 2 in the lunar calendar, the traditional ?Dragon Head-Raising Day?, is also known as the ?Spring Dragon Festival?. As the folk legend goes on this day, the hibernated dragon wakes up and raises its head on hearing the spring thunder. We hold the Countdown Press Conference of BICES 2017 in such an auspicious day in the bid to perfectly integrate the national customs with the modern life, stimulate our enthusiasm about our country, brilliant cultures and hard-won happy life, encourage us to work hard, forge ahead and make more contribution to the country by making full use of the traditional customs of the Chinese nation. It is believed that all of us can unite as one to develop the stable and promising construction machinery industry and spare no efforts for the advancement of the industry and development of enterprises with firm belief and increasing confidence.?

Su listed out the latest improvements of BICES:
  • Number of registered exhibitors increased significantly compared with last two BICESs as the New Year begins
  • The Organisation Committee decided to add and perfect ten featured exhibition areas
  • New breakthroughs are made in Internet+ ?BICES?
  • New measures are taken to accelerate and speed up the internationalisation level of BICES 2017
  • The resources of sponsors are effectively utilised to invite potential domestic customers for visiting and negotiation
  • Professional Visitor Day and Public Day are determined
  • The awards setting is adjusted to improve the level of exhibits of BICES
  • Efforts are made to improve the operational capabilities of BICES

Han Xuesong introduced the ?BICES - Fourth China International Design Contents of Construction Machinery & Commercial Vehicle? on behalf of the Organization Committee.

Sponsored by China Construction Machinery Industry Association and undertaken by Beijing Asiamachine, the Fourth China International Design Contents of Construction Machinery & Commercial Vehicle is a public welfare activity aimed to promote the construction machinery culture, accelerate the advancement and innovation of construction machinery technologies, improve the appearance design level of construction machinery products in China, stimulate the creative enthusiasm of practitioners and construction machinery fans, and explore design talents.

Successfully held for three sessions since its creation in 2011, it has now become an important part of BICES, got the extensive recognition and attract the active participation of engineering technicians from various enterprises, construction machinery fans, college and university students, and drawn the extensive concern and general consent from the relevant government departments, news media, construction machinery industry and the people of all walks of society. The registration and evaluation of ?BICES - Fourth China International Design Contents of Construction Machinery & Commercial Vehicle? themed by ?Innovation, Intelligence, Green and Foresight? have been started on September 1, 2016, and the award ceremony will be held on September 20, 2017 during BICES 2017.

Han pointed out, ?The Design Content is an important embodiment of ?Universal Innovation? in construction machinery industry, and an important approach to promote and spread construction machinery cultures, inject and reserve talents and technologies for the future development of the industry. It is also an important platform to improve the independent innovation and add the brand value of the construction machinery industry in China. It is now a platform for all scientific research personnel to exchange technologies and experience, for college and university students to know more about the construction machinery, and a new highlight of the construction machinery industry in Chinese to continuously seek innovative development. In future, it will surely play a more significant role for the industry development in terms of expanding the international view, releasing the design potentials and showing creativity and imagination.?

The 205-day Countdown to BICES2017 was jointly unveiled by Qi Jun, Su Zimeng, Han Xuesong, and Zhou Weidong, which indicates that BICES 2017, a remarkable and amazing industry occasion, is drawing near!