Many people have forgotten.

In 1996, Dalian Xinghai Convention and exhibition center became the symbol. Dalian exhibition industry began to develop rapidly as an industry.

In just a few years, the economic and trade exhibition items are from less to more, and the exhibition scale is small to large. The theme of the exhibition is from single to varied. The exhibition has a rapid growth from 20% to a year.

At present, Dalian ranks first among Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou in the list of China's Convention and exhibition cities.

As an emerging industry, Dalian's Convention and exhibition industry started from the beginning with the characteristics of high starting point, rapid development, great potential and standardized operation. It quickly became a new economic growth point of Dalian and became one of the pillar industries to create an international famous city.

The beginning and development of Dalian's Convention and exhibition economy fully demonstrates the vision and Takaya Ken of the Dalian municipal government.

As early as 1992, the Dalian municipal government began to study the comprehensive influence of exhibition industry on urban social economy. In 1994, the exhibition industry will be included in the strategic plan for urban development, and the development goal of building an internationally famous exhibition city was put forward.

In 1996, the Dalian municipal Party committee and the municipal government put forward the development exhibition industry as an important measure for Dalian to implement the strategy of export-oriented, as a new industry to improve the function of port cities, and established the status of exhibition industry in Dalian's economic construction and opening to the outside world.

It can be said that the exhibition industry has achieved the rise of Dalian, a new "Star City".