The 19th Asia-Pacific Retailers Convention and Exhibition Will Kick off in Chongqing

By Xinyi Li, EDITOR

The news is from Liangjiang New Area on March 12. The 19th Asia-Pacific Retailers Convention and Exhibition (APRCE) will kick off at Liangjiang New Area. The venue is Chongqing Yuelai International Convention Center, and the time is September 5 to 7 this year. In addition, this event comes back to China after 14 years. In the meantime, it is the first time for Chongqing to hold it.

The 19th Asia-Pacific Retailers Convention and Exhibition (APRCE) will kick off in Chongqing

What is the Asia-Pacific Retailers Convention and Exhibition?

APRCE is in the top three retailer conferences across the world, with the greatest scale and influence in the Asian-Pacific region. Meanwhile, the member countries (regions) will hold it in turn once every two years. Moreover, the participants of the previous sessions are about 3,000 on average. Additionally, heads of the host country and regional governments will attend the opening ceremony. Until now, the conference has held for 18 sessions. And the 12th APRCE opened in Beijing, China in 2005.

Asia-Pacific Retailers Convention and Exhibition for this year

Under the theme of “New Retail, New Consumption, New Power, Cooperation and Sharing”, this event will invite about 4,500 participants. Besides, they are from Isetan, Aeon, Wal-Mart, Metro, IKEA, Alibaba, Jindong, Tencent, Suning Corporation, and other well-known retailers across the world.

Parts of participants of this Asia-Pacific Retailers Convention and Exhibition

Moreover, it will build a high-end and opening platform for brainstorms, insight exchanges, and cooperation. Furthermore, Liangjiang New Area will also take this opportunity to support the consumption upgrading and the construction of an international consumer center in Chongqing.

Source: CQCB