Today, Global Sources announced that the first Consumer Technology and Innovation Summit (hereinafter called the ‘CTIS’) was going to be held from June 9 to 11, 2021, at Shanghai New International Expo Center. It is devoted to creating an influential annual event in the consumer technology field in China. Through the display of cutting-edge technology, encourage entrepreneurship and innovation, promote trade exchanges, CTIS will provide the opportunities for participants in China and around the world to publicize the latest products, experience the latest electronic products and technologies, and establish extensive contacts, so as to build a world brand of China consumer technology exhibition.

       In recent years, geopolitical configuration is increasingly complicated. And coronavirus has also aggravated the challenges confronted by the world economy and globalization. At this eventful time, though, global resources will spare no effort to create a stage for the leading companies in the consumer technology field to show their technological progress to the world. At the same time, it also provides opportunities for the world's leading consumer electronics companies to enter the Chinese market.  

       As a response to a ‘dual circulation’ development pattern and based on three mutually benefitted exhibition elements: science and technology, innovation and trade, the exhibition is committed to becoming the most important exhibition platform to help Chinese enterprises transform and upgrade, promote industrial development and improve industrial added value. With the rapid development of China's independent innovation in the field of science and technology, CTIS will grow into a world-scale exhibition platform of consumer technology and smart home industry rooted in Shanghai and facing the world.

       CTIS embraces sunrise consumer technology and products, focusing on leading industries such as consumer electronics, mobile products, intelligent life products, smart home electronics, security, home and kitchen products, E-sports and entertainment, health and care, etc.

       Global Sources, rooted in Hong Kong, China, has been deeply involved in the field of foreign trade for nearly 50 years and held large-scale exhibitions for nearly 20 years. It is also the organizer of the world's largest e-procurement exhibition, attracting more than 6,000 exhibitors and 200,000 global purchasers every year. The group's network Global Sources has been operating for more than 25 years, which is the first large-scale cross-border B2B website in the world. It provides unique o2o online and offline exhibition experience with more than 1.5 million active online buyers every month and more than 10 million registered international buyers overall. The audience of the group magazine Chief Executive China reaches 3.6 million, covering a large number of domestic industry decision-making groups. Global Sources is rich in the resources of global buyers and suppliers. Its exhibition has now covered Hong Kong, Indonesia, Brazil, South Africa, India, the United States and Dubai.

       Shanghai, where CTIS is going to be held, has a long history with Global Sources. The world's largest e-procurement exhibition in Hong Kong was founded by Global Sources in Shanghai in 2003. 17 years later, Shanghai has become the largest city in the world with exhibition hall area. Shanghai is going to rake building "International Exhibition City" as one of the city's core functions. CTIS takes root in Shanghai and will become a world-class consumer technology event.