On June 2014, the overseas sessions of China Hi-Tech Fair were separately held in Brussels, Belgium and Barcelona, Spain. Brussels is the location of the EU headquarter and known as “the Little Giant of European Technology” and Barcelona is reputed with the name of “Flower of the Europe”.

At the China Hi-Tech Fair in Belgium, VIPs attended the opening and made speech, including Mr. Liao Liqiang, Chinese Ambassador to Belgium, Mr. Bernard Dewit, Chairman of the Belgian-Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Chen Biao, Vice Mayor of Shenzhen and Vice Chairman of China Hi-Tech Fair Organizing Committee, Mrs. Bénédicte Wilders, Chief Executive Director of Brussels Invest & Export. At the event, over 50 Chinese attendants representing organizations in fields of biotechnology, energy saving, environmental protection and venture capital have had 110 sessions of business match making with nearly a hundred of Belgian enterprises. The Organizing Committee of China Hi-Tech Fair and the Brussels Invest & Export had signed a cooperation agreement.

At the China Hi-Tech Fair in Spain, VIPs included Mr. Chen Biao, Vice Mayor of Shenzhen and Vice Chairman of China Hi-Tech Fair Organizing Committee, Mr. Qu Shengwu, Consul General of China in Barcelona and Dr. Joan Tarradellas, Deputy Minister of Innovation, Catalonia-Barcelona, Spain. Nearly 160 Spanish enterprises attended the event and over 200 sessions of match making meetings were held between Chinese and Spanish entrepreneurs. The Barcelona TV Station had tracked the whole event and reported the event. Spanish enterprises were so dying to do business with Chinese enterprises. Besides, more than 50 overseas students from University of Barcelona, the Polytechnic University of Catalonia and the University Pompeu Fabra showed big interest on innovation and entrepreneurship in Shenzhen when they came to attend the event and talked with Chinese entrepreneurs, trying to know more about China, especially opportunities for their future career in Shenzhen.

(Mr. Chen Biao, Vice Mayor of Shenzhen, Vice Chairman and Secretary General of China Hi-Tech Fair Organizing Committee introduced CHTF in Belgium)

(Mrs. Bénédicte Wilders, Chief Executive Director of Brussels Invest & Export gave speech)

(Meeting between Chinese and Belgian VIPs)

(Business match making between Chinese and Belgian companies)

(Mr. Chen Biao, Vice Mayor of Shenzhen and Vice Chairman of China Hi-Tech Fair Organizing Committee gave speech at CHTF in Spain)

(Dr. Joan Tarradellas, Deputy Minister of Innovation gave speech)

(CHTF 2014 in Spain)