Xiamen Stone Fair
2 min readWhen the doors to the 6th China Xiamen International Stone Fair（CXISF 2006）opened at the Xiamen International Conference&Exhibition Center，Xiamen，China，almost 17800（The figure of the first day）attendees from around the world discovered the fair’s brand new look.Celebrating its 6th year as the stone imp& exp premier Asian event，the 2006 edition of Xiamen Stone Fair highlighted the topic “Focusing on Export，Combining International Trade with Domestic Order”.Through four days meeting，contact and trade，CXISF 2006 won a significant success.
CXISF 2006 attendees discovered more than 2200 booths in the 42000 sq m ground，each showcasing the latest product introductions，innovations，technological advances，design solutions and service.CXISF 2006 welcomed 550 exhibiting manufacturers-from 26 domestic Provinces and 15 oversea countries-with 35%makingtheir CXISF debut and 65%return exhibitors.85%exhibitors decorated their booths with unique design to spotlight the focus of attendees.
CXISF 2006 experienced substantial increases of attendees across the board from past years：42500 manufacturer，quarriers，contractors，architects，designers，builders，distributors，kitchen specialists and retailers from across the country and all over the world attended CXISF 2006-which is a 22%increase in attendance over 2005！Oversea attendees reached 5500，represented 78 countries，with an increase of 83%over last year.For the first time，attendees from European and North American exceeded who were from Japan and Korea.Attendees from North American boomed in this edition，spotlighted a new concern from the North American Market.
CXISF 2006 not only provided a place made new contacts，built new sales quotas but also a phenomenal occasion for stone professionals to meet face to face，communicate and exchange experience.The overwhelmingly positive response from bothexhibitors and attendees proved CXISF 2006 was a triumph for the stone industries.Many exhibitors showed that they were already looking forward to their return next year.
CXISF 2006 also hosted highly successful conference programs-“the Summit Dialogue of Stone Industry 2006″，“Conference of Responding to Turkey Antidumping Action on Granite”，“CE Marking，basics and practice”，“Technical and Practical Overview of Turkish Natural Stone Quarries and Raw Products”and“The Trend of China Kitchen Cabinet Export Forum”，offered a variety of options to meet every need.Exhibitors and attendees harvested ideas from these seminars，which they could implement in their business right away.
