City of the Week: Beijing

Staff -- Tradeshow Week, 7/25/2005

Number of separate exhibit facilities 5

Total exhibit space 2.1 million sq. ft.

Number of convention hotel rooms 410,000 in 1,050 hotels

Average room rate $85 (700 China yuan renminbi)

Hotel room tax 15%

Current hotel occupancy 65%

Largest 2004 tradeshow China Intl. Clothing and Accessories Fair (CHIC) at 538,196 net sq. ft. (China Intl. Exhibition Center)

Distance from Beijing Capital Intl. Airport to the Beijing Intl. Convention Center 12 miles

Sources: 2004 Tradeshow Week Major Exhibit Hall Directory; Beijing Municipal Bureau of Tourism; China World Trade Center