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Zheng Shanjie, Party chief of Anhui province, addresses the opening ceremony of the 2021 World Manufacturing Convention, in Hefei, capital of the Chinese province, Nov.19, 2021. (Photo by Liu Weixin) The 2021 World Manufacturing Convention (WMC) kicked off Friday in Hefei, capital of East China's Anhui province.
Zheng Shanjie, Party chief of the province, addressed the opening ceremony after reading a message from vice premier Liu He. Governor Wang Qingxian chaired the event. 
Wang Qingxian, governor of Anhui province, chairs the opening ceremony of the 2021 World Manufacturing Convention, in Hefei, capital of the Chinese province, Nov.19, 2021. (Photo by Xu Guokang) With the theme of "innovation-driven, digitally empowered: global manufacturing industry aligned for high-quality growth," the four-day event features 23 activities including the opening ceremony, business matchmaking events, forums and exhibitions.
Covering an area of 43,000 square meters, the venue in the Hefei Binhu International Convention and Exhibition Center, showcases new products, technologies and models of the manufacturing industry. More than 400 companies from home and abroad attend the event. It also attracts foreign diplomats and officials of international organizations like Christian Wulff, global chairman of the Global Alliance of Small and Medium Enterprises, and Jang Ha-sung, South Korea's ambassador to China. Contracts on 1,752 projects were signed at the WMC held in 2018, 2019 and 2020, worth a total of 1.8 trillion yuan (about US$281.3 billion). 1,518 out of them kicked off as of October 31. 
The 2021 World Manufacturing Convention kicks off in Hefei, capital of East China's Anhui province, Nov.19, 2021. (Photo by Liu Weixin)
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