China International Battery Fair

China International Battery Fair

China International Battery Fair (CIBF) is an international meeting and the biggest exhibition activity on battery industry, which is sponsored by China Industrial Association of Power Sources. It includes all kinds of activities, such as exhibition, technical seminar, information meeting, trade fair, etc. CIBF is the first brand exhibition, which is registered trademark on 28^th, Jan, 1999, and be protected by SAIC. The trademark (CIBF) was renewed in 2009 and 2019.

The first CIBF was held in Tianjin in Sep,1992. CIBF has been held every two years since the second session and has been held for six consecutive session. In 2003, SARS was swept China, the 6^th session was delayed to 2004. In 2008, the 8^th was held in Tianjin because`Beijing Olympics. In 2010, CIBF has been held successfully in Shenzhen for the first time, but has been held for five consecutive terms until now. As follows:

Overview of past exhibitions

CIBF2018 was held in Shenzhen convention and exhibition center in 22^nd to 24^th ,May, 2018, which includes exhibition, international advanced battery technical seminar, 1^st international conference of new energy vehicle & power battery, and international trade fair.

CIBF2018 is the largest exhibition in the history of CIBF. The exhibition area has increased from 82500sqm in 2016 to 110000sqm, the exhibitors have increased from 1135 to 1253, and the booths are more than 5500. Among them, 15 Taiwan exhibitors were covered 270sqm, 24 German exhibitors were covered 399sqm, 14 Korea exhibitors were covered 180sqm. We invite 21 medias that were covered 258sqm. There were 679 raw spaces, total area was 42300sqm and 574 standard booths, total area was 7153sqm.

Turnouts was about 42780, an increase of 65.38% compared with CIBF2016; Visitor sessions was about 61625, an increase of 33.75% compared with CIBF2016. In terms of distribution, domestic visitors have been come from 494 counties of 31 provincial administrative units, overseas audiences were about 1258,that have been come from 63 countries or regions.Compared with CIBF2016, visitors of CIBF2018 was increased to 85 counties, overseas audiences were increased to 311 and distribution was increased to 16. Non-shenzhen visitors have been increased to 3.66% compared with CIBF2016.

Industry-focused international advanced battery technical seminar has been held in 22^nd to 24^th ,May on the 5^th floor of shenzhen convention and exhibition centre, take the advanced batteries and materials as the theme, which has been invited 56 speakers from about 50 countries. More than 1200 representatives are take part in this seminar, who have been come from China, America, Germany, Russia, Canada,Japan and so on. Among them, more than 100 representatives come from abroad.

Parallel BBS was also held for the first time, named as “1^st international conference of new energy vehicle & power battery”, over 400 representatives from related fields have been gathered to this conference, such as vehicle, power battery, material, equipment manufacturing, financial investment, etc. which have been discussed related key questions, for example, technology and industrial development, car electric fusion,  model innovation, investment and financing, and so on. On BBS, we officially launched the project of “Study on Development of Smart Manufacturing of Power Battery”. This is the first industry development research topic in power battery field, which have been led by association and institution, volunteered by enterprises of battery industry.

During exhibition, sponsor have invited 1335 buyers from 63 countries to visit exhibition, and held one-to-one talks with exhibitors.

CIBF2018 provides an opportunity of information and product exchange for domestic and foreign battery enterprises, and makes a great contribution to promoting the integration and development of battery technology at home and abroad. The success of CIBF2018 brings the world’s advanced battery technology and products to China, provides a new research and development direction for Chinese battery industry,and let the world see the booming development of Chinese battery industry.

President Unit: CETC 18

Director: Chunlin Zhou

Secretary general: Yanlong Liu