On April 23, the Hefei Municipal Bureau of Commerce released the "report card" of Hefei's exhibition economy in the first quarter of 2025, and in the first quarter, Hefei held a total of 125 exhibition activities, a year-on-year increase of 37.3%; the exhibition area was 455,000 square meters, a year-on-year increase of 9.5%; attracted 1.103 million visitors, a year-on-year increase of 22.3%; The comprehensive revenue of convention and exhibition reached 11.03 billion yuan, driving the revenue of accommodation and catering to increase by 6.5% and 6.7% year-on-year respectively. The scale, quality and efficiency of the exhibition have jumped simultaneously, fully releasing the momentum of industrial integration and consumption growth.

Among the 125 exhibition activities, 93 are professional (B2B) exhibitions, focusing on industrial collaboration; 32 consumer (B2C) activities were held to stimulate the potential of mass consumption. In addition, 124 exhibitions in the city adopted completely market-oriented operation, accounting for 99.2%; The government-sponsored "Anhui Supply and Marketing New Year's Goods Collection" had a turnover of 480 million yuan, highlighting the effectiveness of "the government setting up the stage and the market singing". (Reporter Wang Liang Intern Hu Yangjing)

Source: China Economic Network Exhibition