BEIJING, Apr. 23 (Xinhua) -- More than 70 percent of China's independent overseas exhibitions were held in the countries along the Belt and Road routes during the period of 2015-2017, according to a recent report released by China Convention, Exhibition, Event Society (CCEES).
The report shows that the countries along the Belt and Road routes have increasingly become the popular destinations for China's independent overseas exhibitions.
In 2017, the number of China's independent overseas exhibitions was 123, of which 71 were held in the countries along the routes with the exhibition areas of 510,000 square meters, accounting for 61 percent of total areas of China's independent overseas exhibitions, said the report.
The top ten destinations for China's independent overseas exhibitions in 2017 were the United States, Brazil, Germany, Sri Lanka, Iran, Thailand, India, Poland, Russia and Kazakhstan. (Edited by Hu Pingchao, hupingchao@xinhua.org)