China EPower 2009 was successfully held on April 23-25, 2009 at Intex Shanghai. Focused on the theme “Energy saving, environmental protection, internationalization and specialization”, China EPower 2009 featured various activities for the visitors. The event was spread over 14,000sqm of exhibition space.

China EPower has grown nearly 15% for three consecutive years:

	China EPower 07	China EPower 08	China EPower 09
Number of Exhibitors	280	320	362
Number of Visitors	11,700	13,500	15,465
Exhibition Space	10,000sqm	12,000sqm	14,000sqm
Pavilions	3	5	6

Showcase of Cutting-edge Technologies
Despite the global economic woes, investment in the power industry by the Chinese government remains strong. Against this backdrop, China EPower 2009 featured 362 exhibitors from more than 20 countries and regions. Among them, more than 40% were international enterprises or joint ventures. Many international industry players have leverage on China EPower to penetrate into the market.

Breakdown of exhibitors

Country/Region	Number of exhibitors	Country/Region	Number of exhibitors
China Mainland	202	Italy	7
Germany	31	Canada	5
USA	26	India	4
Korea	22	Switzerland	4
Spain	15	Taiwan	9
Japan	11	Hongkong	7
UK	8	Others	11

Country  Number China mainland
Germany   USA   Korea   Spain   Japan   UK   Italy   Canada   India   Switzerland   Taiwan   Hong Kong
Others

Drawing High Quality Visitors
The three-day exhibition attracted 15,465 visitors from 37 countries and regions, of which 15.8 percent were overseas participants. Twelve domestic visitor delegations from electrical engineering associations, electrical power associations and research institutions visited China EPower 2009. The largest delegation, with more than 70 members, was organised by Changzhou Electrical Power Association.

Concurrent Conference and Technical Seminars
More than 10 technical seminars and a conference were held alongside the show, bringing together international and local experts and market leaders to exchange innovation ideas and share research achievements.
Power industry authorities and leaders were also invited to attend the forum, discussing on the topic “The Influence and Solutions of Financial Crisis on Electrical Apparatus Industry”, which helped promote the communication between the Chinese electrical equipment manufacturers and their global counterparts and improve their ability to grasp the trend of the industry.