Cao Jinsong, the press spokesman of Nanjing Municipal Government said January 06 at a press conference for the development of the city's exhibition industry that in 2009 the total area of exhibition activities amounted to 1.6 mn square meters, up 37% compared with 2008. He also estimated that the year that had just past would inject more than 24 bn Yuan to Nanjing' economy, an increase of 31%.

　　Xia Ming, the vice president of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) Nanjing Sub-Council, detailed that 10,700 activities (conferences, ceremonies, and exhibitions) were held in Nanjing in 2009, up by 30.5%. With 19 international and national exhibitions, Nanjing has developed 25 shows of its own brands.

　　Xia also said as an emerging industry exhibitions require government supports or investment to start, but when it grows the government must retreat. In 2009, less than a third of the exhibitions in Nanjing were hosted by the local government. Exhibitions Bringing Over 24 Billion Yuan to Nanjing in 2009.