Overview of IT of CHTF/ComNet
IT and Product Exhibition at China Hi-Tech Fair (IT of CHTF/ComNet) is one of the major contents of CHTF professional exhibitions. In the past 8 years, it has become one of the most influencing exhibitions in domestic and overseas IT industries. In 2004, IT of CHTF/ComNet became the first exhibition in China to get through the UFI certification, which determined its leading position in the domestic IT exhibition industry. It was first time deployed in Hall 1 in 2004, a super large professional IT exhibition ground of 30,000 square meters. The successful move attracts a larger number of influential experts, purchasers, and decision makers in the industry. Currently, it is the best business platform for IT participants to grasp industrial trends and market pulses through grand displays of products and technologies.

Electronics & IT Advantages of Shenzhen ?V Host of CHTF
For more than 10 years, Shenzhen has been having the largest electronic information industry as well as the most value of exports in this section in China. It¡¦s one of the first national bases for electronic information industry. The city owns quite a leading share domestically in many areas, including computer manufacturing, communication equipment manufacturing, consumer electronic product manufacturing, electronic components manufacturing, software programming, and information service, etc. 10 out of the top 30 electronic information enterprises that China released in 2006 are based in Shenzhen. Dongguan, a neighbor city of Shenzhen has the reputation of ¡¥New IT Town¡¦. In 2005, the gross output of industrial value in the electronic information section of Guangdong Province (Shenzhen is a city in Guangdong) reached 1,157.597 billion RMB, accounting for one third of the national figure. It perched Guangdong to the national top for the 15th consecutive year. Growth during the first 6 months of 2006 remained the average pace of 31% achieved in the 10th five-year plan. Guangdong, expecially the Zhujiang Delta area, is developing very fast in the electronic information industry. Powerful industrial support and market potentials are available for electronic information exhibitions.

The 11th Five-Year Plan & Olympics 2008
According to The 11th Five-Year Plan for Technical Development in Information Industry and Medium & Long Term Plan till 2020 released by the Ministry of Information Industry in 2006, China will focus on information construction in cities, agricultural area and enterprises as well. Major sections would include automobiles, machine tools, aviation, ships, energy, medical care, and power supply, ranging from electronic information products and software to systems. As Olympics 2008 is drawing near, the great market potentials could be found for 3G, IT and digital areas to support the games in Beijing. So, CHTF/ComNet 2007 would continue to stress proprietary intellectual property rights and technical innovations. With a focus on the 11th five-year plan and market potentials the Olympic Games would generate, cutting-edge technical achievements and products will be shown in the exhibition, including 3G, smart home, digital life, as well as latest information technology, products and service concepts that are closely related to our daily life.

• According to IDC, the Chinese software market would grow into 50.56 billion RMB by 2005 if China economy continues to develop at such a robust pace; by 2009, the compound growth rate would amount to 18.7%.
• CCID Consulting predicts that mobile phone games would acquire a very fast increase from 2006 to 2008. By 2009 and 2010, the increase would slow down to a total industrial capacity of 18 billion RMB by 2010.
• Gartner forecasts that the annual global shipping volume of PCs from 2006 to 2008 would increase by 5.7% only. And major growth of PC shipping volume would be found in the markets of Asian developing countries.
• It is said, the accumulative revenue from 3G operations would amount to 600 billion RMB in China within 5 years from 2006 to 2010, and 2010 is expected to receive 226.4 billion RMB from this section. The compound growth rate of China digital music market would be 47.4% by 2010. Apparently, there are great market potentials on China 3G communication market and digital household appliance market.

According to an insider from Beijing Information Office, the Beijing Olympic Games contains huge IT market potentials in engineering construction of the ¡¥digital Olympics. As much as 30 billion RMB is to be used in information construction to set a foundation for ¡¥Digital Beijing¡¦, including e-government, e-commerce, community information construction, and remote education programs, etc. Since January 2006, IT has been frequently associated with Olympic-related events. Mobile phone TV will be available to serve the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008 along with ¡¥wireless ticket service¡¦, ¡¥wireless video surveillance¡¦ and other digital services. Security protection at stadiums will apply face recognition technology, and 500 major department stores in Beijing will have face recognition systems installed as well.