Interparking 2006: The Year's Largest Parking Equipment Expo. to Open in Shanghai in October
World Expo 2010 and Urban Transportation Intelligent Integration
SHANGHAI, China, Sept. 19 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Shanghai International Exhibition Co., Ltd. announced today that the ''Shanghai International Parking Equipment and Intelligent System Expo 2006'' (Interparking 2006) & the ''International ITS Expo & Conference 2006 Shanghai'' will be held grandiosely at the INTEX Shanghai from October 8 to 10. Organized jointly by World Expo Group Shanghai International Exhibition Co., Ltd.; China Heavy Machinery Industry Association Working Committee for Parking Equipment Manufacture; the Road Traffic Safety Association of Shanghai and Shanghai Service Trade Association of Parking, the expo runs under the theme of ''World Expo 2010 and Urban Transportation Intelligent Integration.'' It is a great opportunity for many national and international companies engaged in parking equipment systems and intellectual transportation to meet and share ideas. Interparking 2006 attracts suppliers of relevant technologies and equipment from countries such as China, Germany, the U.S., Korea, Japan and Russia.
In recent years, as the number of automobiles owned in Shanghai has continued to increase ten-folds, problems in Static Transportation Management have become increasingly prominent. According to statistics, the current number of total parking spaces in Shanghai is 490,000 and the ratio between the number of public parking spaces and the number of automobiles owned is 10.7%. The ratio between the number of basic parking spaces and the number of automobiles owned approximates 60%. In comparison with data of other large international cities, the ratio between the number of public parking spaces and the number of automobiles owned should be between 15% and 20%. There is still a large gap in the basic parking requirement of one car, one parking space. Current parking problems within communities have drawn media and public attention. It is forecast that by 2010, the number of automobiles owned in Shanghai will increase to around 1.6 to 1.8 million from the present figure of one million. During the World Expo 2010, 73 million people are expected to flow through the city, posing severe challenges and pressures on the adaptability of Shanghai's transport system. Therefore, in order to stage a successful World Expo 2010 and fully materialize the theme ''Better City Better Life,'' the urban transportation and parking in Shanghai must be treated as a high-ranking priority.
According to Shanghai's 11th Five-year Plan for urban transport development planning, Shanghai will build on a group of infrastructure projects and establish a transport information collection system and comprehensive evaluation system in order to ensure supply meets demand. In terms of static transportation, construction and management, the municipality has decided to forcefully promote the informatization and intelligent construction of parking systems. In terms of policy, it encourages diversified investment on the building of public parking lots, with a view to supporting the orderly development of the parking industry and easing the Static Transportation pressure during the World Expo.
The event will showcase the latest technologies and products related to the parking industry under the following six themes: parking equipment, components, parking management systems, parking safety products, on-street parking management and software development and services. Domestic manufacturers, such as Hangzhou XIZI-IUK Parking System Co., Ltd., Good Friend Group, Shanghai CARTEC, Yee Fung Electric Equipment LTD, Teda Wanqiang Group and Shanghai Edunburgh Elevator Co., Ltd., will present their innovative products. Of them, the fully closed parking tower introduced by Good Friend Group can save up to 70% parking and unparking time compared with general mechanical parking garages; Shanghai Edunburgh Elevator Co., Ltd., will bring with them a two layer facility capable of elevation and transverse movement, which was first introduced in April this year and is adaptive to different cars, SUVs and commercial vehicles.
In terms of intelligent transportation systems, the focus shall be on the showcase of intelligent transportation system engineering, in-car navigation systems, GPS Vehicle Operation Management, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Traffic Information Collection and Monitoring Systems, and other modern intelligent transportation technologies. Industry leaders will cluster in the show area, including Shanghai Electrical Apparatus Research Institute (Group) Co., Ltd., a system integrator and service provider famous in the intelligent transportation field; Parsons Brinckerhoff Ine.(PB); Shanghai Tengwei Co., Ltd.; Shanghai Changyu Navigation HI-tech Co., Ltd.; and SIMICON. They have all developed innovative technologies that are able to provide their latest urban intelligent transportation solutions at the World Expo., which will be one of the highlights of the exhibition. Of them, Shanghai Changyu Navigation HI-tech Co., Ltd. will present their recently introduced three-dimensional real view that shows the local traffic reality of five major cities.
Before the exhibition is launched, the organizers will invite representatives of industry associations, experts and exhibitor representatives to a special interview live broadcast by the transport channel of the Shanghai Broadcasting Station.
During Interparking 2006, organizers will present the newest Master Plan for Shanghai Urban Transportation, including Shanghai's 11th Five-year Plan for urban transport and public parking facility planning for the World Expo., enabling exhibitors to learn more about the World Expo centered Shanghai urban comprehensive Transportation Planning and facilitate their active participation in the World Expo. transport and parking projects. Moreover, the organizers will hold the 2006 Shanghai International ''Forum on Transportation in the Urban Area,'' and the ''World Expo Shanghai, China and Forum on Intelligent Urban Transportation,'' in the meeting room on the second floor of the Xinyuan Hotel on the afternoon of October 9, to discuss the World Expo. and the development of Intelligent Urban Transportation.
About Shanghai International Exhibition Co., Ltd. (SIEC)
Shanghai International Exhibition Co., Ltd. (SIEC) is jointly invested by Shanghai World Expo (Group) Co., Ltd. and the Council for the Promotion of International Trade, Shanghai. The SIEC was founded on July 1st, 1984 with the approval of the Ministry of Foreign Trade & Economic Cooperation and the People's Government of Shanghai Municipality.
The SIEC is a full member of Union des Foires Internationales (UFI). The SIEC has held 500 international exhibitions of various themes and sizes. It also has successfully held a number of solo exhibitions at national level.
''AUTO SHANGHAI,'' ''SHANGHAITEX,'' ''CHINA CYCLE,'' ''FASHION SHANGHAI,'' ''ELE/PT COMM CHINA'' are among the first eight exhibitions approved excellent by THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE OF SHANGHAI CONVENTIONAL & EXHIBITION INDUSTRIES.
For more information, please contact: Chen Xiaoping, Project Director Add: 8/F, OOCL Plaza, 841 Yan An Zhong Road, Shanghai 200040, China Tel: +86-21-6279-2828 Fax: +86-21-6545-5124 Email: info@siec-ccpit.com Web: http://www.siec-ccpit.com/